A Thought Puzzle
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A Thought Puzzle
You are a contestant on a game show, where you have to choose 1 of 3 doors. Behind 1 door is the prize. Behind the other 2 doors are worthless booby prizes. After you make your selection, the MC opens 1 of the 2 unselected doors to show you the location of 1 of the booby prizes. He then gives you the option to change your selection to the other unopened unselected door. Should you switch your choice?
Please refrain from posting your reason for your choice for now. I want everyone to vote their choice without being influenced.
Please refrain from posting your reason for your choice for now. I want everyone to vote their choice without being influenced.
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It looks like every one who wanted to vote has voted. The correct answer is switch. Switching doubles your odds of winning from 1 in 3 to 2 in 3. Let the argument begin.
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This sounds more like what you find in a fortune cookie.Xramfan wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2026 8:27 pm It says the house you are cooking hasn’t learned to swim while on a treadmill
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Is that a Joe Biden quote?Xramfan wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2026 8:27 pm It says the house you are cooking hasn’t learned to swim while on a treadmill
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I think I know the identity of the 4 who voted switch. But I bet all 10 will claim they voted to switch.
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Thought Puzzle #2:
You have an 8 oz cup of black coffee and an 8 oz cup of milk. You transfer exactly 1 tablespoon of the milk into the coffee and thoroughly mix it. Then you transfer exactly 1 tablespoon of the coffee/milk mixture back into the cup of milk and thoroughly mix it. Pick the right answer:
A. The final volume of milk in the coffee cup is more than the final volume of coffee in the milk cup.
B. The final volume of coffee in the milk cup is more than the final volume of milk in the coffee cup.
C. The final volume of coffee in the milk cup is equal to the final volume of milk in the coffee cup.
D. Impossible to tell.
Post your answer, but no explanation.
You have an 8 oz cup of black coffee and an 8 oz cup of milk. You transfer exactly 1 tablespoon of the milk into the coffee and thoroughly mix it. Then you transfer exactly 1 tablespoon of the coffee/milk mixture back into the cup of milk and thoroughly mix it. Pick the right answer:
A. The final volume of milk in the coffee cup is more than the final volume of coffee in the milk cup.
B. The final volume of coffee in the milk cup is more than the final volume of milk in the coffee cup.
C. The final volume of coffee in the milk cup is equal to the final volume of milk in the coffee cup.
D. Impossible to tell.
Post your answer, but no explanation.
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This one is easy for me. Disregard X's answer since he's wrong 99.9% of the time.
C
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I almost switched to C but realized I was correct the first time with A
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Rabidraider....You seriously want to follow those other 2 morons?
Good luck bra.
Good luck bra.
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Might just as well close it now. I doubt they are going to get smarter in 4 days.