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Pop Quiz: When Did 9/11 Happen?

jim319us says...

This is a pointless video. Anyone can EASILY interview hundreds of people (within a day or two) in ANY country and with great probability get AT LEAST 15 stupid responses. If anything is propaganda, this video fits it to a tee. Don't be fooled! If you care for America (unless you hate America no matter what), stop complaining and making fun of others and do your own part by doing something good yourself.

Goodness Gracious Me: Typical Asian Parents...

Indian song & dance: 300 (real!) dwarves and beautiful women

jim319us says...

This is not Bollywood. Bollywood refers to Hindi language and North Indian movies based in Mumbai. This is from Kerala (South India) and not in Hindi. This language is in Malayalam (similar to Tamil). So many languages in India and many love making movies!

The Monty Hall Problem

jim319us says...

Payback:

The third door is not irrelevant b/c it AFFECTED the initial choice when choosing from the 3 doors. You cannot ignore the 3rd door when it did exist as a valid choice when making the first choice.

The Monty Hall Problem

jim319us says...

enfathom, you have not understood the explanation of the problem:

In your comments you state,
"The chooser cannot say that the door he first chose is any more likely to be a car than the other door. There is literally no other statistical information to deduce any bias towards either one of them."

You are correct in this statement if there was only 2 doors when making your initial pick. But the problem is not constrained to the 2 remaining doors. Instead it's all about the initial choice with the 3 doors. The chances for the first pick being a goat is GREATER since the the first choice has a 66% chance of being a goat. This probablity is what makes swapping the better probable choice of getting the car b/c they are most likely to make the bad choice of the goat initially. Since you're most likely to make the wrong choice the remaining door then is the right choice.

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