不了解什么是"三门问题"的, 建议先看看如下问题的原版:
Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car, behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say #1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say #3, which has a goat. He says to you, "Do you want to pick door #2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice of doors?
DOOR1 DOOR2 DOOR3 RESULT
GAME 1 AUTO GOAT GOAT Switch and you lose.
GAME 2 GOAT AUTO GOAT Switch and you win.
GAME 3 GOAT GOAT AUTO Switch and you win.
表面上看, 好象 玛丽莲的分析很有道理. 但是, 不要忘记了" the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door", 也就是说, 主持人是知道3#门后面没车的, 所以他才开. 以上Game 3的情况是不可能存在的. 只有2种可能性, 换与不换都只有1/2的结果.
同样地, 玛丽莲的回答也是不成立的:
Yes; you should switch. The first door has a 1/3 chance of winning, but the second door has a 2/3 chance. Here's a good way to visualize what happened. Suppose there are a million doors, and you pick door #1. Then the host, who knows what's behind the doors and will always avoid the one with the prize, opens them all except door #777,777. You'd switch to that door pretty fast, wouldn't you?