Can you solve the jelly bean problem
@winkybber wrote: Exactly. Amazing how many people don't get that, though. Read full topic
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@Vert wrote: Clearly the real problem is this vigilante plum farmer, meting out punishment disproportionate to the crime. The only solutions are escape and/or self-defense. Humbabella: If you want a...
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@monkeyoh wrote: I can't wait to finish my stats class, because then maybe I'll understand how to do this stuff. Read full topic
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@petzl wrote: For a really tough audience, 1000 doors can be insufficient. Often you have to up it to 105 or 106 doors. In an extreme case, I had to up it to 10n, for arbitrarily large values of n....
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@LeopardSeal wrote: Is that you, Vizzini? Edit: I see that Malarkey beat me to the reference. Read full topic
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@silentself666 wrote: So I read this: "He says, “Here’s some good news. The way we do the death penalty here is that you have a chance to get out of it. Here’s the deal: Two of the jelly beans on the...
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@AcerPlatanoides wrote: SamWinston: I hate to ruin it for you. But the green one is booger flavor. I've spent the last few years of my life building up an immunity to boogers. Read full topic
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@zathras wrote: Did you suffer the same fate that others suffered before, and neglected to follow the link at the beginning of the article? Read full topic
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@Ignatius wrote: zathras: Next, the executioner tells me which of the other two is not poisonous. That is, in the third of cases where I did pick correctly in the first place, he just chooses a random...
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@L_Mariachi wrote: The problem with the Monty Hall problem is that it assumes that Monty knows which door hides the prize, otherwise he might inadvertently eliminate it. As soon as you are deriving...
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@waterloonie wrote: My inability to force this to make intuitive sense is related to your point (I think...) You've opened door 1. Monty knows what's behind doors 2 and 3. He opens door 2. Door 3 may...
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@Daemonworks wrote: Really, the main difference is what colour the explosions are. Read full topic
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@Daemonworks wrote: The thing that got me to understand it was realizing that the problem comes from thinking of the beans individually, rather than as two sets. The one bean you picked (1/3 chance of...
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@samthepea wrote: Plot twist- they are all poisonous. Or none of them are. One third chance of survival is still better than first go on a Russian roulette. The problem I have with this problem is...
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@buddybradley wrote: hey nothing to feel bad about, I actually completely understand your attitude and don't think you're being an asshole! I just wanted to offer my own perspective, which is that I...
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@KipTW wrote: Feed the a-hole his own jelly beans. Then eat the goddamn plum, and write a famous poem about it. Read full topic
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@Vert wrote: KipTW: Feed the a-hole his own jelly beans. Then eat the goddamn plum, and write a famous poem about it. This Is Just To Say your dumb traditionis dumb Hope you enjoyedthe jelly beans...
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@KipTW wrote: He even carries the beans around in his pocket, ready to whip them out at the drop of a Prunus domestica. More satisfying than seeing him die, I think, would be feeding him the beans and...
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@L_Mariachi wrote: What if you would rather have a goat than a car? Read full topic
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