Here is a similar paradox to the traffic lane example:
In the new casino game called Flip-Flop, an odd number of
players pay $1 each to gather in individual cubicles and flip a coin (so no
player can see what another player is doing). The game organisers tally up the results, and the re
Stathis, in this new FLip-Flop I see some slight
merit beyond the symmetry of switching from one unknown to another
unknown:
If I got heads, I can THINK of the majority
getting heads. (No justifiacation, however, but a slight idea that I am the
'average guy',
not the exceptional minority).
At 10:35 AM 10/9/2004, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
From the point of view of typical player, it would seem that there is
not: the Winning Flip is as likely to be heads as tails, and if he played
the game repeatedly over time, he should expect to break even, whether he
switches in the final step o
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