http://www.stubbornmule.net/2010/05/vale-martin-gardner/ Obstinately objective Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.stubbornmule.net/2010/05/vale-martin-gardner/comment-page-1/#comment-8002 Tuesday's Child Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:15:18 +0000 http://www.stubbornmule.net/?p=2973#comment-8002 [...] getting onto Tuesday’s child, I will go back to the simpler paradox, which I introduced in the Martin Gardner post. Note that throughout this post I will assume that girls and boys are equally likely and I will [...] [...] getting onto Tuesday’s child, I will go back to the simpler paradox, which I introduced in the Martin Gardner post. Note that throughout this post I will assume that girls and boys are equally likely and I will [...]

]]> http://www.stubbornmule.net/2010/05/vale-martin-gardner/comment-page-1/#comment-7946 evo Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:24:41 +0000 http://www.stubbornmule.net/?p=2973#comment-7946 Nice post Mule - MG certainly got my juices flowing for the wonders of maths. Methinks time to pick up a few of his books again!! Nice post Mule – MG certainly got my juices flowing for the wonders of maths. Methinks time to pick up a few of his books again!!

]]> http://www.stubbornmule.net/2010/05/vale-martin-gardner/comment-page-1/#comment-7911 Probability Paradoxes | Stubborn Mule Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:30:07 +0000 http://www.stubbornmule.net/?p=2973#comment-7911 [...] thinking about paradoxes again. It all started with a passing reference to the two boys paradox in my recent post about the passing of Martin Gardner. Commenting on that post, Bob Walters (who was in fact my honours supervisor a long time ago) drew [...] [...] thinking about paradoxes again. It all started with a passing reference to the two boys paradox in my recent post about the passing of Martin Gardner. Commenting on that post, Bob Walters (who was in fact my honours supervisor a long time ago) drew [...]

]]> http://www.stubbornmule.net/2010/05/vale-martin-gardner/comment-page-1/#comment-7762 Stubborn Mule Sat, 29 May 2010 14:11:29 +0000 http://www.stubbornmule.net/?p=2973#comment-7762 <strong>Bob:</strong> thanks for picking up that mistake. It's been a bit of a week of blunders....I'd fire my sub-editor if I had one! Now to read the post you linked to... Bob: thanks for picking up that mistake. It’s been a bit of a week of blunders….I’d fire my sub-editor if I had one! Now to read the post you linked to…

]]> http://www.stubbornmule.net/2010/05/vale-martin-gardner/comment-page-1/#comment-7761 Robert Walters Sat, 29 May 2010 12:13:48 +0000 http://www.stubbornmule.net/?p=2973#comment-7761 Regarding the probability calculation I think you meant 1/3 rather than 2/3. In any case I think the answer is actually 1/2 if you take into account also the probability of the statement being made. In both the cases Boy-Girl and Girl-Boy there was a probability of your friend reporting that she had a girl. For some more remarks see <a href="http://rfcwalters.blogspot.com/2010/05/probability-2-boy-or-girl-paradox.html" rel="nofollow">this post.</a> Regarding the probability calculation I think you meant 1/3 rather than 2/3. In any case I think the answer is actually 1/2 if you take into account also the probability of the statement being made. In both the cases Boy-Girl and Girl-Boy there was a probability of your friend reporting that she had a girl. For some more remarks see this post.

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