Thread: FWIW!! Whoops!
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Default FWIW!! Whoops!

On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:23:59 GMT, Wizard of Woodstock
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The key to understanding this is that the past can be ignored when
assessing the probability because it doesn't not matter which door the
player initially picks and which door the host opens. The second key
is that the host knows which door has the car.

And that he never picks the car. Answered this to Eisboch.
It's interesting. But only if you like thinking.

--Vic