You seem to want to have this conversation with me, so I would say it is very relevant. — Jeremiah
The question that remains is whether a duplicated incorrect answer also helps the random chooser by changing his chance of getting the right answer from, say, 1 in 4 to 1 in 3. — Srap Tasmaner
The conversation would have never got this far without my input. — Jeremiah
no one has actually proven me wrong — Jeremiah
A simple example to the contrary suffices in proving wrong an assertion that all A is B, or in this case, the only valid interpretation (A) is one of a sample space of 4 (B). Many of us have produced that alternate interpretation of a sample space of three (~B).So what would constitute a proof that your first assertion is wrong, what kind of proof would we need to present, and what standards would be assessing that proof by to see if it held? — Pseudonym
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