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yen223yesterday at 11:33 AM1 replyview on HN

We are conditioning out the case where the host picks the door with a car, so there's only two scenarios of equal probability left. Hence 50-50.


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dghfyesterday at 11:35 AM

Well yes, if you throw out half of the instances where your original choice was wrong, then the chance your original choice was correct will inevitably go up.