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Old 12-27-2012, 05:53 PM  
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Originally Posted by Mutt View Post
wtf - it makes no sense. there are 3 doors - one's been opened and has no car behind it.
now you have two doors left, you having picked one already is meaningless, each door has the same chance of having the car behind it so switching your choice from your first arbitrary one shouldn't increase your odds at all.

obviously i'm wrong but i still don't see it.
Yes, it doesn't make sense when you look at it that way, which is the logical way to look at it. It has been Mythbusted though and did hold true.

edit: here is another good explanation


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