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Ep. 249 - The Sleeping Beauty Problem

The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

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How to Increase the Distribution of the Week

The Monty Hall problem becomes more obvious when you increase it to a million doors. If the coin comes up heads, then Sleeping Beauty gets woken once and then exits the experiment. But what if you're a thirder? It does seem like if you wake up and you're being told, Oh, this is Monday. So your probability should revert to a half.

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