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You're not calculating probabilities here. Probabilities can be tested by experiment. If we played this game repeatedly, then I could... -
Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.This is false. They know that the probability of the originally chosen door being a winner is 1/N. They know that N-2 other doors have...
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I wrote this sim. https://www.davesbrain.ca/science/monty-hall.html Staying wins one third of the time. Switching wins two-thirds of...
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Dale replied to the thread Graduate Please Explain Elementary Physics Elevator Question.Gravity is treated as a force classically. In the special case that the object is in free fall, meaning that no other force acts on...
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Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.This is a very useful tool in general called “Monte Carlo simulation”. I use it a lot.
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Two points: 1) You can write a computer simulation of both games. And count how often the stick or switch decision wins. In one...
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Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.Indeed, it is fluff. You are missing the whole point of the problem because you are focused on which part of the fluff is fluffier...
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Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.It isn’t a relevant challenge. It doesn’t matter if there is a first question or not. What matters is that information is provided.
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Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.There are two options, but the outcome is not equiprobable. The coin is not fair. Why do you assume that it is?
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Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.It does provide information. To see the information that it provides, consider this variant: There are 100 doors, only one has the...
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Dale replied to the thread Undergrad Please Explain (actually explain) The Monty Hall Problem.It doesn’t matter if the first question is a question or not. What matters is that one of the other doors is opened. They could sing...
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Dale reacted to sophiecentaur's post in the thread Undergrad Paradox of Superconductivity with Like.
Yes - merely by increasing the source resistance but there's a lot of energy stored in a big magnet and you would want an efficient...
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Dale reacted to CrysPhys's post in the thread Physics Career Prospects (outside of academia) with Like.
Yes, this is a good time to evaluate your future career goals, with the understanding that you will likely need to re-evaluate them...
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Dale replied to the thread Physics Career Prospects (outside of academia).Perhaps with AI tools designed for specific uses, but not with modern LLM’s. Those are currently actively harmful
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Dale reacted to Sammy_E's post in the thread Physics Career Prospects (outside of academia) with Like.
I really appreciate the input. I've definitely heard that sentiment about the European markets echoed online, but it's funny you...