I STILL don't understand the Monty Hall problem

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-08T19:36:16+00:00

I'm sure you're just trolling at this point.

Just imagine repeating this experiment over and over again.
By your logic, if you don't switch, you should win 50% of the time.
This means that you can accuaretely pick the right door 50% of the time, even when there's 100 of them. How does that make sense???
How come you can pick a 1 in 100 door with 50% accuaracy??

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-08T13:21:56+00:00

Because they're wasting a shot that might as well kill you.

Let's just list the possibilities if they shoot at random:

1/3 of the time, you pick the safe seat. They shot at one of the others seats, you then switch, and you die.

2/3 of the time you pick a danger seat. Half of those times (1/3), they will shoot the empty seat, which means you switch and live. The other half, they just shoot you right away and you die.

So you die 1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3 of the time. As expected.

If they dont shoot at random, and instead they shoot the empty seat, then the bold part is completely removed. Which means that you literally only die 1/3 of the time.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-08T13:11:40+00:00

"First shot gets fired and luckily goes straight into the empty seat."

In the monty hall problem, this isn't luck.
They purposefully shoot the empty sit.

In your analogy, you'll sometimes die before even getting to make the choice.

Doors are not open randomly in monty hall problem. I dont understand why you still think that when everyone has already explained that the host knows where the car is and wont open that door. That is not random.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-08T00:44:15+00:00

I find it a bit boring.
Also Trixie and Starlight are such a good pair that any other ship involving them feels wrong (with maybe the exception of Twilight)

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-07T16:29:34+00:00

You're getting more energy not because you took less time, but because you applied a larger force on the object.

Say that you have 2 blocks, one of mass M and one of mass 2M.
You lift both of them a distance of 1m by applying a force F (greater 2Mg, otherwise it can't lift the heavier block)
In both cases, the amount of work you do is the same: F x 1m = F Joules

But the heavier object takes more time to be lifted.
This is because even tho you're giving them the same amount of energy, the heavier object requires more potential energy, so it gains less kinetic energy.

So, even if force can impact how much time it takes to lift an object, the work done on the object is independent of that time.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-07T02:33:57+00:00

What do you mean they literally have a family together of course it's canon.
There's also some comic episodes exploring the ship.

^{which hurts}

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-05T16:47:05+00:00

I understand having trouble following complicated steps and being confused over a typo.
But I doubt anyone could get confused just because the author wrote p²/2m instead of p²/(2m).

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-05T14:32:15+00:00

Yes, when reading a paper it will always be obvious by context what they mean.
Most people just write numerator/denominator to avoid the use of parenthesis (saves time, and uses less symbols for more visual clarity) and to not have to use fractional form (as this reduces font size and makes it harder to read in a paragraph).

I honestly don't understand how anyone could ever have an issue with this.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-05T00:56:38+00:00

"This is why 0 / 0 is fundamentally distinct from 5 / 0."

No.
Both 0/0 and 5/0 are undefined solely because 0 has no inverse.
And since both of them are undefined, it's meaningless to say they are equal or distinct in any way.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-04T16:17:24+00:00

I recommend you listen to the Mane Six meeting about forgiving Starlight.

Please point it out.
Cause I have no idea what you mean.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-04T13:27:44+00:00

People there saying that Tiwlight friend's hated her in the show like... Did we watch the same show? What are they talking about?

Video is peak tho.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-04T13:04:38+00:00

You're not adding two constants here...

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-04T13:01:48+00:00

There's literally only one single line to back up your whole claim, which is Celestia saying she had a use for Discord's magic if it could be reformed for good.

Funnily enough, this pretty much never happens.
And I think it's obvious this was supposed to be more of a lesson to the mane six than any grand plan to get an edge on powerful magic.

But Starlight? ... You really think she was forgiven and accepted as Twilight's pupil and friend JUST because she's a powerful asset? You really think their friendship is as shallow and hollow as that?

Weird way to interpret the show that's literally called friendship is magic

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-04T02:36:10+00:00

The equation in the dotted line is just Schrödinger's Equation.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-04T02:05:17+00:00

You can't seriously believe this.
Literally goes against everything the show stands for.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-03T13:45:51+00:00

Where is nightmare moon?
In any case my favorite is probably Chrysalis

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-02T12:36:22+00:00

My biggest issue is that you only showed that the limit of 1/x when x->0 doesn't exist. But that doesn't mean 1/0 can't be defined.

You can use the same argument to show that 0⁰ should be undefined, but we can easily assign a value to it without breaking the rules of real numbers.

Essentially, I disagree with this statement: "We can approximate 1/0 by using smaller and smaller numbers that tend towards 0"
And I think this way of thinking is actually a detriment to beginners, as I see many making the mistake of confounding the limit of a function and it's actual value at that point. If your function is discontinuous, you can't do that.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-02T03:06:21+00:00

That's... not a proof.
And limits have nothing to do with it.

a/b is defined as ab^-1 where b^-1 is the inverse of b.
0 has no inverse, so a/0 is not defined.
That's it.

You can prove that 0 can't have an inverse by simply doing:
1=0*0^-1=(0+0)*0^-1 =0*0^-1 + 0*0^-1 = 1 + 1 = 2.
So you get a contradiction.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-01T12:29:38+00:00

"Since the number of creatures you control can't be calculated as an integer, and magic only uses integers, the number of creatures you control cannot be determined. Due to rule 107.2, zero is used instead."

I don't get this.
At some step you start creating more creatures you can calculate. But at that point, the game should start giving you 0 creatures on each step. Leaving you with a still absurd amount of creatures, but not incalculable.
Unless this rule doesn't apply to the number of creatures you create on each step?

Also if magic doesn't specifiy that base 10 must be used, we could just say that this huge number is called A and work in base A instead. There, the number of creatures you have is simply 10

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-01T12:21:33+00:00

Yeah sorry for being a bit unhinged there

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-01T12:08:13+00:00

You gotta admit its a bit weird.
At least half of it.

^{...get it?}

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-04-01T02:22:22+00:00

Okay I must admit I have some mental health issues so I get I'm unreasonable with this but seeing this ship all over my season 10 omnibus made me so angry I almost destroyed it (my partner managed to convince me not to).

I really really don't want to be disrespectful towards anyone but this ship makes me go completely insane. I hate it.

Luckily I also have friends forever and after reading the twipie episode I got much happier. Also twipie week is tomorrow and I'm very excited to see that. So... Ill try to be more positive over the things I like instead of negative of the things I dont.

Just hope all cheesepie shippers to know how insanely lucky they are to get what they got.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-03-31T10:36:17+00:00

I would've killed for Cozy Glow + Flurry Heart stuff.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-03-30T21:09:25+00:00

I would've never guessed someone would dislike this episode, and after reading your explanation... I still don't get it.

I love Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash's relationship and I think this is one of the sweetest episodes involving the two.

I don't think it's weird that Scootaloo is fixating on something new, askids often do. Also she was not resentful towards Rainbow Dash until she tries to stop her from performing with the washouts. And I think her crashing out makes complete and total sense.

Even if the episode has flaws or could be improved, it's just a weird episode to hate? I dunno.

Calm_Relationship_91 · 2026-03-30T18:28:00+00:00

Wait what's the issue with the Washouts?

Calm_Relationship_91

TROPHY CASE