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    Originally Posted by Zedd View Post
    The problem as written to produce the 1/11 answer is a veridical paradox because the 1/11 answer is very counterintuitive, yet it’s true.
    I didn't ask you for your definition of veridical paradox. I asked about how the problem as written is a paradox of any sort. Ie, what is the counter intuitive other aspect here which isn't part of working the problem one way? The reason that I asked for even a Wikipedia certification from you.

    Saying that "1/6 seems to be the answer because one die is a 2", would merely be not considering the other column or row of the dice-chart given the proper question with the 1/11 chance answer. No paradox to that.

    Clearly, you aren't "up to" discussing this. There is a reason that the Wizard failed the Mensa test. And, that no one with degrees in pure math endorses him, let alone the casinos of the companies for which he works, or has worked. Sorry, but Jacobson and Collins aren't independent entities. They have gambling books to sell, or similar web-pages of their own; as well as perennial involvement with the Wizard's.

    Indeed, there is a bit of a paradox to the dice questions in general, but you are nowhere near this yet(?). Please don't re-post the Wikipedia conditional lingo on that which AceTwo posted up at the Wizard's. Nobody responded to it there either.
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    And again, no, the problem as written is not ambiguous in your way, or even ambiguous enough. You have to be intelligent enough to work with what you are given, and realize what information is necessary to which answer.

    Even were it ambiguous, one would have a bad bet that the first roll just happened to be of 2, and just what the "peeker" was looking for.
    Last edited by OneHitWonder; 05-30-2015 at 05:45 PM.

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