Boy or Girl paradox

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Boy_or_Girl

by MikeCapone • 16 years ago

8 7 16 years ago

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pwim• 16 years ago

The non-ssl version loads much faster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl

I'm curious as to why wikimedia is even offering all their content over ssl in the first place.

studer2• 16 years ago

Yeah, why would anyone ever want to access information over an encrypted channel?

kqr22• 16 years ago

This might be useful in a country where the government censors certain topics.

stipes• 16 years ago

The government would still know (if they were logging traffic) that you accessed the page. In this case, as it is publicly accessible, the encryption is fairly meaningless.

kqr22• 16 years ago

A similiar "paradox" is the infamous Monty Hall Problem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_Problem

clayrab• 16 years ago

I actually had an argument with my statistics professor about this...

The question she gave was basically this: 'The king has one sibling, what is the probability that it is a boy?'

I actually took an opposing view to her initially and then came back the next day saying that it is ambiguous and depends on what we assume about the king, but she wouldn't even agree with me on that.

Boy or Girl paradox

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