Tag: Marilyn vos Savant

Manhole drain cover on streets of lower Manhattan

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Robert J. Marks
Date
November 18, 2024

Categorized
Business and Finance, Logic

Tagged
Featured, Marilyn vos Savant, Martin Gardner, Micro Softies, Microsoft hiring, Robert J. Marks, Tom Swifty}

Microsoft: What Did You Need To Work There in the Early Days?

_{They asked questions that were not about the details of computer technology. The questions made you think. Hard.} _{Robert J. Marks
November 18, 2024

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Business and Finance, Logic}

For example. they would ask questions like, why are manhole covers round? Read More ›

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Robert J. Marks
Date
October 5, 2020

Categorized
Mathematics, Natural Intelligence

Tagged
Bird intelligence, Featured, Ivan Pavlov, Marilyn vos Savant, Monty Hall, Monty Hall Problem, Monty Hall Problem analysis, Paul Erdős, Pigeons}

Pigeons Can Solve the Monty Hall Problem. But Can You?

_{The dilemma pits human folk intuition against actual probability theory, with surprising results} _{Robert J. Marks
October 5, 2020

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Mathematics, Natural Intelligence}

Animals often outperform humans. My son’s dog is more friendly than I could ever be. Cheetahs run faster, baby horses walk earlier, and elephants can lift more. Birds fly and humans can’t. Is there anything else birds can do better than humans? Yes. Apparently, pigeons learn to solve the Monty Hall problem more quickly. Let’s Make a Deal was a television game show first hosted by Monty Hall (1921–2017) in 1963. There have been various remakes since then. The basic idea is that there are three doors and a contestant’s job is to barter with Monty for the most valuable prize behind the doors. The Monty Hall problem, loosely based on the quiz show, was popularized by Marilyn vos Savant Read More ›