Sunday, June 05, 2016

Monty Hall Trolley Problem

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Sorry Zach, but I enjoyed this joke twice: as an philosopher and as a statistician!

1 comment:

  1. Finally read the silly part..HaHa. But the silly part is totally to the point! I hate the trolley problem because it is stupid! Why are the buildings (people) On the damn tracks!?!? And if they are and they are not paying attention to danger then tough on them!
    I played as a kid on RR tracks....and never got hit by a train as I LISTENED for it.
    And the alternate one with the bridge & fat dude is just as stupid!
    But the trolley problem has shown me one thing...you can use science to determine right/wrong actions.

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