The Psychology of Getting Suckered
The three problems posted yesterday involving Mr. Smith and Monty Hall confused some readers, but certainly not all. Mike Scott was the first to get all three answers correct; Harris gave a nicely thorough explanation of the answers.
And now I've got an an even more thorough explanation of these problems and of the psychological processes that allow us to get suckered by Monty. It comes from Craig Fox, a professor of management and psychology at ...
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