JeffJor

Boy or Girl Paradox

You have misinterpreted my points, but misinterpretation is a common mistake when dealing with this paradox. At no time did I make any mention of Question 3. My points deal entirely with Question 2. Confusing one question with another is a common occurrence when dealing with this paradox, and your post on my user page is based on your confusion in that regard, so I shall respectfully disregard it. If you have an interpretation that equates Question 2 with Question 3, that's fine, but please do not post it on my user page. There are many different interpretations, but the place to post them is decidedly not my user talk page. You would be better served in your understanding of the issue by posting your opinions in one or more of the many mathematics forums the internet has to offer. That also applies to your opinion that the solution to the Bertrand's box paradox is 1/2. Since the commonly accepted solution is 2/3, you should limit your discussion of that opinion to web forums in which debate of that opinion is encouraged.

I am fully aware of the discussion you have engaged in regarding this issue on the Boy or Girl paradox talk page. The section you created entitled "I disagree with the solution" is illuminating in that regard. You simply disagree with any answer other than 1/2 for all three questions. My last post in the talk page indicates what is really being calculated. It seems clear that you are not going to accept the solution as given, no matter what anyone else says. That's entirely up to you. However, you stated in that section that the problem statement is ambiguous, but when I suggested the problem statement was ambiguous, you disagreed. As a result of that, I can only assume that you will continually disagree simply to be disagreeable, with no intent of attempting to understand the issue. You are fully allowed to do so. I am also fully allowed to remove myself from any one-on-one debate with you because of this. I say this with all due respect. Within an ongoing discussion on an article's talk page, I will attempt to respond to you in an informative way. But not in any one-on-one discussion save for this one.

Respectfully, Skeetin (talk) 03:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppet investigation

Jeffjor,

Your answers have been a bit evasive, so I just want to clarify: the edits that are listed here: [1] were not made by you?

Thank you, --Thesoxlost (talk) 20:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

My Monty Hall suggestion

My suggestion was intended to be a way forward that would be supported by yourself and glkanter. It gives a little more detail about how the article should be written. Rick persuaded me to add my suggestion into his system, which has rather sidelined it, and was probably a mistake on my part. If you agree, could you make clear in your response that you agree with changing the article in the way that I have suggested. Martin Hogbin (talk) 10:16, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

My motivations

Jeff - You've recently made some edits saying I'm pushing a POV, in particular [2]. I want to assure you that I am in fact interested in the article fully complying with WP:NPOV, as I believe you are. I think we agree on this. If you can refrain from making comments about my motives and stick to commenting on the content I would very much appreciate it. Thank you. -- Rick Block (talk) 20:03, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

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Please consider...

I'd rather you not intersperse your comments into my talk page edits. Thank you. Glkanter (talk) 18:13, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Mediation resumes

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Bertrand's Box Paradox

I did not claim that Bertrand or you wewre wrong, on the contrary, I tried to say that it is correct to follow Bertrand with calculating probabilities. About sample space, if you look at Wiki page you will notice that equal probabilities are not mentioned when cases are discussed, that is why it seemed to me strange. In your response they are already mentioned, so I agree, though I still think that constructing such sample space is in a sense, equivalent to solving the problem. When Istart with boxes they are equally probable, but do not generate 0 or 1 probabilities of the conditioning event (gold coin). If I start with coins, they may be not equally parobable if number of G coins in GG box is not equal to total number in the mixed box, as I discussed, so it is wrong to count them without proper weights. To show that they are equiprobbable if these numbers are equal is again to my mind the same as solving the problem itself. Anyhow, I always prefer to start with equiprobable events and then follow up how probabilities split farther.

Regarding you mentioning Boy or Girl paradox, I read MVS pages with your hot discusion with Robert. Maybe we could discuss it some time. I can say strictly that your '50/50' idea, from my point of view, is if not formally, but ideologically completely wrong.(38.108.195.69 (talk) 22:06, 4 August 2011 (UTC)) Somehow it didnot show my signature. It was Michaeldsp (Michaeldsp (talk) 22:11, 4 August 2011 (UTC))

Sleeping Beauty

I've responded on the talk page for the article. Please respond to my comments there. Otherwise I'll assume that you accede to me reverting your change. :-) 125.255.16.233 (talk) 15:12, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

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