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This Is My Glasgow
This Is My Glasgow
@thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Whenever I see the three doors in a row on W.M. Whyte's 1885 tenements on Queen's Drive in Glasgow, I'm always reminded of the Monty Hall Problem. Based on the US game show Let's Make a Deal, this problem shows how poor the intuitive human understanding of probabilities actually is.

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#glasgow #architecture #doors #probability #tenement #montyhallproblem

Three doors side by side on a Glasgow tenement.
Three doors side by side on a Glasgow tenement.
Three doors side by side on a Glasgow tenement.
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