Are you smarter than a pigeon?

[Stacks]

Now if you show one at random, as in the Monty Hall problem, then I don't see how it would differ really. Essentially the Ace is the car, and the Queen/King are goats.

[spoonitnow]

Now if you show one at random, as in the Monty Hall problem, then I don't see how it would differ really. Essentially the Ace is the car, and the Queen/King are goats.

the monty hall situation depends on the person choosing which door to expose to you knowing which door holds the big prize or w/e and never shows that door to you

if the door chooser person picks at random, you're 50/50 the times he doesn't expose the prize by opening a door

[Lukie]

the monty hall situation depends on the person choosing which door to expose to you knowing which door holds the big prize or w/e and never shows that door to you

if the door chooser person picks at random, you're 50/50 the times he doesn't expose the prize by opening a door

Right, which is why Boost's response to the question as posed in the OP was at the very least, not wrong. Whether he intended that or not I have no idea.

[CoccoBill]

Right, which is why Boost's response to the question as posed in the OP was at the very least, not wrong. Whether he intended that or not I have no idea.

Holding will never improve your odds and switching will never worsen them, it's always correct to switch whether the host opens the door randomly or not.

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?

Non-randomness implied. Boost's response was wrong.

[Stacks]

the monty hall situation depends on the person choosing which door to expose to you knowing which door holds the big prize or w/e and never shows that door to you

if the door chooser person picks at random, you're 50/50 the times he doesn't expose the prize by opening a door

I didn't mean to say randomly showing one of the cards. What I meant was he just wouldn't have a system whereby he has to show the lowest card, as first stated by Dan. But that yes he knew which was the Ace, and would show the card that would leave us with 2 cards, one of which was still the Ace.