You have a bag with three cards in it. One card is blue on both sides. One card is red on both sides. The last card has one red side and one blue side.
Without looking, you pull a random card from the bag and place it on the table. When you look, you see that the side facing up is blue. What is the probability that the other side of that card is blue?
[Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
[Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
Is this just another expression of the Monty Hall problem?
Answer:
At least, that's my take on it.
Unless this is the inverse of the Monty Hall problem.
Or when you say, "What is the....
Fuck this. I'm overthinking this. I don't know.
Answer:
At least, that's my take on it.
Unless this is the inverse of the Monty Hall problem.
Or when you say, "What is the....
Fuck this. I'm overthinking this. I don't know.
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
No. I'm changing my answer:
Fuck you, Mike. And fuck you to this stupid problem because I"m still not sure that's right.
Fuck you, Mike. And fuck you to this stupid problem because I"m still not sure that's right.
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
It's not. Sorry.
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
I looked up the answer.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
I woulda told you.
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
I would think...
"The lines between kindness, apathy, and thickheadedness can be very thin." - Nakatani Nio Sensei
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
That is everyone's initial reaction, and it is wrong. This puzzle is labeled as "Counter-intuitive."
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Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to roll an 8."
"I'm going to roll an 8."
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
Eli is a smarty.
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Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
It has been eons since I did this crap...
"The lines between kindness, apathy, and thickheadedness can be very thin." - Nakatani Nio Sensei
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
Exactly. Way counter-intuitive.
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Re: [Puzzler] Red & Blue cards
I've seen this one in a different context and forgot what I was supposed to recall about it.
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