Marilyn again

["Michael N. Monce" <mnmon@conncoll.edu>]

On Wed, 6 May 1998, Leigh Palmer wrote:

> I agree with Bill Beaty's assessment of Marilyn, but what I want to
> know is why does anyone on this list even read such stuff? Surely
> there is even more egregious nonsense elsewhere, like in the daily
> astrology column. Surely we should not lower ourselves to her level
> and criticize her without considering her context. She's probably
> just making a buck, appealing to Joe Sixpack.
>
> Leigh


	At the risk of being characterized as a Joe Sixpack (I acutally
like beer), I read her column every Sunday morning.  I do this partly for
a purely entertainment value.  However, there are occasions, like the one
under discussion, where I can catch her in a mistake.  There also have
been some very interesting examples.  The one I recall most had to do with
the game show and the probablities of choosing the door with the prize.
Marilyn got it right while a great many others got it wrong.  I used the
example in the stat. mech. class I was teaching (assigned it as a homework
problem).


					Mike Monce
					Connecticut College