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If you haven't heard of the Monty Hall problem, and you like math or puzzles, you should probably look into it. Wikipedia's article seems pretty comprehensive. When I explained it to Aitor, the logic wasn't quite clear to us so he had me test it out on two pennies and a quarter.
I was going to switch every single time to prove that switching would result in getting the quarter way more often. However, on my first try I guessed the quarter initially and so switched to a penny. Then we realized that there was only a 1/3 chance of that happening.
Check and mate.
A final note:
Eric Pressburg brought me some ice water in the library tonight.
Holy crap.
dude the Monty Hall problem is cool. I learned about it in high school, but i don't remember why or when. I like the diagram on the Wikipedia, it helps a lot.
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