• Question: What is your favourite paradox?

    Asked by anon-193090 to Morwenna, Jamal, iainstaniland, Heidi, Emma, Carl on 8 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Carl Heron

      Carl Heron answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      How about?

      “Don’t go near the water until you have learned how to swim.”

      Confession: I Googled this as I could not think of one…….I need another coffee.

      Do you have a favourite paradox?

    • Photo: Emma Crawford

      Emma Crawford answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      I think mine has to be the Monty Hall problem! It was introduced to me in one of my first probability lectures and is a popular example used throughout maths and statistics.

      See this link for further detail about this paradox and a video 🙂 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24045598

    • Photo: Iain Staniland

      Iain Staniland answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      This answer is incorrect 🙂

    • Photo: Heidi Gardner

      Heidi Gardner answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      This statement is false.

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