I don't understand the attractionSmaug says: Ricky Gervais. Lesbian pr0n. Going into a crowded bar, purely because it's crowded. All these things seem to be popular with everybody else, but I just can't work out why. What leaves you cold just as much as it turns everyone else on?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 14:54)
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There is a certain subsetof mathematician that loves this show. It's like someone is funding an extended research project into game theory. You know all those hypotheticals about "you can take a tenner now, or open the door which may have a million quid behind it, or may have nothing" sort of questions? Well, this is about as close as it comes to actually playing those scenarios out.
Of course, the producers make sure that the contestants are morons who choose a box because its number is their daughter's neice's birthday, rather than hyper-rational probability theorists, but I find it interesting to watch anyway.
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Hmm..."Of course, the producers make sure that the contestants are morons who choose a box because its number is their daughter's neice's birthday, rather than hyper-rational probability theorists, but I find it interesting to watch anyway."
I'm not sure I understand how any method for picking boxes that all look the same is more rational than any other.
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