Steve Selvin, the creator of the Monty Hall Problem, recently passed away. From the linked article, sounds like has was an interesting guy.
Will there be three caskets at the funeral?
Close the thread. We’re done here. That was spectacular! 
Yeah, brilliant!
My favorite story about that problem was that, apparently, famous mathematician Paul Erdos never understood it. Hopefully, that’s not just an urban legend.
That puzzle created so many online (and real life) arguments and discussions.
I never had much interest in Marilyn Vos Savant, but I do recall the amount of backlash she got when she correctly stated the solution to the problem. I don’t remember if she explained it clearly, but she did have the right answer.
As so often, 100% of the controversy was people differently interpreting the rules, both explicit and implicit of the game. Once folks agreed on what the rules were, the logic was pretty compelling except to the folks who can’t logic.
Yes, a lot of the initial settings of the puzzle were poorly phrased.
Is it out of place if I use this opportunity to post this clip from one of the funniest Brooklyn 99 scenes?
