Why do people pretend to not understand the Monty hall problem?

>>60257010
>>>/sci/ you brainlet

They're not pretending; the problem is unintuitive, and there's a fuckload of people who suck at statistics.

I think if you take it to the extreme (a million doors, eliminate all doors but two) it becomes very obvious to people. And from that example they can infer the 3 door case.

I believe it's the fact that there's only 3 options that's making it hard to understand
I genuinely didn't believe it before someone made the same problem but with a million options at start
Alternatively it may be denialism

>>60257777
Most people can't into math at all past basic arithmetic.

>>60257794
Or they could just be a troll. I had two long sessions with different individuals where both blatantly disregard the rules so it fits their 50% chance. I only caught it too late that I was being led for a fool.

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>>60257010
I guess some of these people's brains can't let go of the possibility of still having the car behind the first choice.

In the case of 100 doors, Monty basically shows the goats in 98/100 of the time. He doesn't show your first choice, so it's either of the two.

This is the idea that people can't let go, I think.

>>60257010
"Common sense" is superior to nerdy stuff.

>Paul Erdős, one of the most prolific mathematicians in history, remained unconvinced until he was shown a computer simulation demonstrating the predicted result

>>60261170
That's what too much meth does to your brain.