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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2011-08-17 04:15 pm

Monty Hall

[Poll #1770413]

Explanation

I have known what the answer was for ages, but for some reason it only "clicked" in my head today. You can blame [livejournal.com profile] sarahs_muse for triggering it.

[identity profile] lizw.livejournal.com 2011-08-18 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If instead I took a sample of both velociraptor's DNA, mixed them together and said "Hey I've found some Y chromosomes, at least one velociraptor is male" THEN the probability that both are male is 1/3.'

This is brilliant.