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| Subject | Re: Witch box ? |
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| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| References | <Ys0CD.110234$Do.71201@fx31.am4> <29dbd631-aefe-4661-b597-0a2bf759f85f@googlegroups.com> <fZ6CD.242902$522.202935@fx35.am4> <2c5764e4-dd4b-4c95-9300-84e1d1fc11db@googlegroups.com> |
| From | Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> |
| Message-ID | <fZDCD.198980$I34.7871@fx43.am4> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2018-11-01 14:21 +0000 |
On 31/10/2018 03:20, rotchm wrote: > On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:48:13 PM UTC-4, Keith Stein wrote: > >> So the children swapped their box for the second box. >> Then the math teacher, holding up the first box said >> >> "There is a 50% chance that this box has twice as many sweets, >> but there is a 50% chance that it only has half as many sweets as >> that second box, so which box do you want, the first box, or the >> second box ?". >> >> "OH WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW, CLEVER ROTCHM ????" said the children. > > No matter what the teacher says after the initial swap, > the expectation in keeping it remains as is. Swapping > a second time will just reduce the expectation back to > the initial value. So, no, the children are not to > swap a second time. As usual Rotchm gives the children THE WORST POSSIBLE ADVICE eh!
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Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 17:24 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 18:13 +0000
Re: Witch box ? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-30 19:19 +0000
Re: Witch box ? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-04 19:39 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-05 09:23 +0000
Re: Witch box ? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-30 19:21 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-05 09:49 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 13:34 -0700
Re: Witch box ? Buck Dehner <uktaa@yswdooz.ca> - 2018-10-30 21:31 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-31 00:48 +0000
Go to the door 100 times. Jeff-Relf.Me @. - 2018-10-30 18:32 -0700
Re: Go to the door 100 times. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-31 05:35 +0000
Re: Go to the door 100 times. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-10-30 23:33 -0700
Re: Go to the door 100 times. "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-31 23:43 -0700
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 20:20 -0700
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:21 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 07:23 -0700
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:54 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 08:19 -0700
Re: Witch box ? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 16:19 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 09:48 -0700
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 20:40 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 13:09 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 21:31 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 22:03 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 14:39 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 00:12 +0000
Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 17:18 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 04:58 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 17:37 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 19:46 +0000
Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-30 14:47 -0700
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:35 +0000
Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-05 23:22 -0800
[OT] Which box? (was: Witch box ?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-31 02:31 +0100
Re: [OT] Which box? (was: Witch box ?) moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-31 03:19 +0000
Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 07:59 +0000
Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 13:34 +0000
Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 07:27 -0700
Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 15:11 +0000
Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:29 +0000
Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-06 15:24 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-08 09:30 +0000
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-08 21:03 +0000
Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-08 22:38 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-09 07:40 +0000
Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-08 23:42 -0800
Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-12 17:01 +0000
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