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0 pointsryao1y ago0 comments

Here is the source material for the article:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130121183432/http://marilynvos...

It contains a clarification that the article omitted from the description:

> So let’s look at it again, remembering that the original answer defines certain conditions, the most significant of which is that the host always opens a losing door on purpose. (There’s no way he can always open a losing door by chance!) Anything else is a different question.

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shkkmo1y ago

Yes, of the host opens a door, it will always be a losing door. Nobody is disputing that.

The part that is underspeified is: does the host always open a door and if not, does the player's choice of a door impact whether the host opens a door?

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