Re: [Phys-l] Monty Hall problem

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

I'm not interested in argument - just the facts.  (Moynihan style)

Will anyone point out a version of the Marilyn 
Goat scenario that does not include the host 
opening a goat door and offering a switch?

Will anyone say that switching under this Marilyn scenario is not optimal?

Probably not.

So indeed  - case closed.
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At 6:59 PM -0700 1/5/11, John Denker wrote:
> To summarize, today we have had:
>
> -- Proof by use of made-up facts
>    (twice)
>
> -- Proof by insult and proof by bold assertion
>    (more times than I care to count)
>
> -- And now ... the BS de résistance ... proof by authority,
>    namely the authority of wikipedia!
>
> On 01/05/2011 05:47 PM, chuck britton wrote:
> >  Does not the wiki article you sited say that Marilyn's response is correct?
>
> I guess that settles it.  There's nothing more to say.  After
> arguments like that, there can be no counterargument.
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