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[Video] Should You Stick or Switch? – The Monty Hall Problem

By: Andrei Daquioag, Journalist
On September 9th, 1990, Marilyn Vos Savant, regarded as the most intelligent person at the time with a record IQ of 228, received a question about a theoretical gameshow scenario, similar to the situations depicted in Let's Make A Deal, hosted by the famous Monty Hall. Although the answer may seem obvious, the true answer lies in the mathematic idea of probability.
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