tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post386025023633115908..comments2023-06-19T04:35:06.263-07:00Comments on Skeptic's Play: Monty Hall bookmillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-5824962433726859032008-04-21T22:21:00.000-07:002008-04-21T22:21:00.000-07:00Yeah, funny, I didn't even realize he was a mathem...Yeah, funny, I didn't even realize he was a mathematician. All this time, I thought EvolutionBlog was written by a biologist!<BR/><BR/>I heard that story too. I might as well link it: <A HREF="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/monty-hall-meets-cognitive-dissonance/" REL="nofollow">here</A>millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-64129812478286340222008-04-21T19:55:00.000-07:002008-04-21T19:55:00.000-07:00Ooh, I didn't know he was writing a book!Somewhere...Ooh, I didn't know he was writing a book!<BR/><BR/>Somewhere recently I read that a mathematician had found that a bunch of psychological studies involving subjects choosing one of several options all suffered from a false assumption based on the Monty Hall problem. It's the kind of thing that's absolutely obvious UNTIL you think about it and realize you're wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com