<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394">Bob,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394">Consider the following picture:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><img src="cid:ii_li5494xc0" alt="image.png" width="472" height="283"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394">I know this problem is different from the other one, but I can't think hard enough to figure out how it isn't a 1-to-1 mapping from the previous problem.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394">Here is how I did the mapping:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><ul><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em">replace 25% with the red blocks</li><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em">replace 50% with the blue block</li><li style="padding-bottom:0.6001em">replace 0% with the yellow block</li></ul><div>So, in essence I have treated the % values in the four answers as symbols rather than values. This problem appears to have a correct answer: 50% </div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_li54jwp11" alt="image.png" width="472" height="283"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Oh, I get it. The reason it is unsolvable is because the "meaning" or "information" in the for correct answer is indeed 50%, but the probability of any one answer being the correct answer (50%) is actually 25%. </div><div><br></div><div>I am sure there must be a mapping of this problem to a provable contradiction.</div><div><br></div><div>It's interesting that ChatGPT gets the wrong answer:</div><div><br></div><div> - ChatGPT: </div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>Hello, How can I assist you?</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div> - Harry: </div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>If you choose an answer to this question at random what is the chance that you will be correct?</div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>The choices for the possible answers are:</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>A: 25%</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>B: 50%</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>C: 0%</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>D: 25%</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div> - ChatGPT: </div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div>The answer is D: 25%. Since there are four possible answers, each answer has an equal chance of being chosen at random, and only one of the four choices is correct. Therefore, the probability of choosing the correct answer is 1/4 or 25%.</div></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#0b5394"><div><br></div><div>So much for the I in ChatGPT being an example of AI...</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>-- Harry</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#0b5394"><br></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-left:0px;margin-right:auto"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-size:10pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Harry Forsdick</a><br><a href="http://lexingtonphotoscan.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Lexington Photo Scanning</a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</a><br><a href="mailto:harry@forsdick.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">harry@forsdick.com</a><br></font><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.forsdick.com</a><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></td><td width="5"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></td><td valign="top" style="font-size:10pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</a><br><font color="#0b5394"><a href="http://meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick" target="_blank">meet.jit.si/HarryForsdick</a> (video)</font><br><a href="http://forsdick.weebly.com/home/my-websites" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Click</a> to see my other websites<br></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 1:50 PM Robert Primak <<a href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="font-size:13px"></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">Where did this image come from? </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">I matched the image and found it to match an Australian "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" winner from November, 2005.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">The photo in the image is not from the videos of the actual run of Mr. Martin Flood, the actual contestant who actually won the Million (Australian) Dollars on the show. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">I first matched the picture in this email to an urban myth, promoted on several social media sites. (Using Google Image Match right here out of my Yahoo Mail email web page.) </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">The photo was altered to produce that question. It was a Photoshop image, never found in the original video or any accounts at the time or later of the winning run. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">See:</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><span>Paradox or correct answer?</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/3Blue1Brown/comments/j1gt5g/paradox_or_correct_answer/</a> <span><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><div><div>"Alright! 👊</div><div>Programmers, engineers, and fans of logic:</div><div>I really need your help here!</div><div><br></div><div>"What is the correct answer? 🤯" </div></div><a rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SimonHoiberg/status/1292427701773623297</a> <br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">(Spoiler Alert: There is no answer. It is a logical paradox. And therefore a "bad question" in game show parlance.) </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">Here are some of the actual accounts and videos:</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><span>Who Wants to be a Millionaire AUSTRALIA November 7 & 14 2005 (TWO SHOWS! - Martin Flood)</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wG0QmoK5rU</a><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Wiki<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a style="color:rgb(51,143,233);text-decoration-line:underline" rel="nofollow">https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_Flood</a> </div></div></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><span>Where are they now? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's 20th anniversary</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/where-are-they-now-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-s-20th-anniversary-20190418-p51fcd.html</a> <span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><span>Exclusive interview with ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ winner Martin Flood… the pay-off!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/11/29/exclusive-interview-who-millionaire-winner-martin-flood-part-9/</a><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">More Parts of this Interview:</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/08/22/interview-who-millionaire-winner-martin-flood-part-1/</a><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/08/29/exclusive-interview-with-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-winner-martin-flood-part-2/</a></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/09/19/interview-martin-flood-part-3/</a></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/09/26/exclusive-interview-who-millionaire-winner-martin-flood-part-4/</a><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/10/10/exclusive-interview-who-millionaire-winner-martin-flood-part-5/</a><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/10/17/exclusive-interview-who-millionaire-winner-martin-flood-part-6-2/</a> <br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">For those interested in winning at game shows:</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><span>Howtowingameshows.com on Facebook!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><a rel="nofollow">https://howtowingameshows.com/2013/10/24/howtowingameshows-com-facebook/</a><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">Thanks for playing -- Goodbye. </div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="3">Never mess with a Google Ninja!</font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px">-- Bob Primak</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div>
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