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Which probability thought experiment involves a subject who wakes up unsure how many times she has already been woken, sparking a famous 1/3 vs 1/2 debate?
Answer
Sleeping Beauty problem
The Sleeping Beauty problem is a philosophical puzzle about self-locating belief and probability, where the subject's uncertainty about how many times she has woken produces two seemingly rational but conflicting answers.
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Sleeping Beauty wakes uncertain how many times she's woken, creating a paradox where rational people defend both 1/3 and 1/2 as the 'correct' probability.
Other options people guess
- Monty Hall problem
- Two Envelopes paradox
- Doomsday argument
Topics
- probability
- paradox
- philosophy-of-math
- logic-puzzles
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