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The '''Monty Hall problem''' is a [[probability]] puzzle based on the American television game show ''[[Let's Make a Deal]] ...ng does not matter. In fact, the player should switch—doing so doubles the probability of winning the car from 1/3 to 2/3. ...

...bout infinity by imagining a vast but finite number, and vice versa. The [[probability]] of a monkey typing a given string of text exactly, as long as, for exampl ...independent]], (i.e. neither affects the outcome of the other), then the [[probability]] of both happening equals the product of the probabilities of each one hap ...

...sixteen, and later corresponded with [[Pierre de Fermat]] on [[probability theory]], strongly influencing the development of modern [[economics]] and [[socia ...e just two months after his 39th birthday.<ref>Hald, Anders ''A History of Probability and Statistics and Its Applications before 1750'', (Wiley Publications, 199 ...

...rmi paradox''' is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial civilizations] ...radox is a conflict between an argument of [[Scale (spatial)|scale]] and [[probability]] and a lack of [[evidence]]. A more complete [[definition]] could be state ...