Originally Posted by arcimede$ View Post
When he asked about probability he put the question in context. Probability only relates to multiple events. As has been mentioned repeatedly this is a trick question that is meant to fool a person who doesn't think it through.
And what about the mathematicians who over-thought the question? As soon as I saw the Wizard video with double counting I knew they over-thought the original question or just ignored it. They were conditioned to look at probability formulas but failed to see the simple basic question.

They could not see the forest for the trees.