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by justsee 1863 days ago
This seems the most interesting aspect of the problem:

"However, the probability of winning by always switching is a logically distinct concept from the probability of winning by switching given that the player has picked door 1 and the host has opened door 3." [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem#Criticism_o...

1 comments

Probability of an outcome always depends on what pool you're sampling from.

People pretty much always understand what the options are, but still get the analysis wrong. That is what I find interesting. Not the idea that there's some secret mechanism at play that alters the odds of a specific case. Even in that wonky "open the door on the right when possible" world, a contestant that always switches will still win 2/3 of the time.