New Posts For Thread: Pick one or both boxes?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxesA super-intelligent being comes to earth and gives you the chance to participate in a game:He presents you with two boxes, box A and box B.Box A contains £1,000.Box B contains either £1,000,000 or nothing.You can choose to have only the contents ofIf we know the super intelligent being is performing to the rules set out above then everyone will pick box B. If we don't know he's performing to those rules everyone will pick both boxes.So do we know in advance or not? If we don't know in advancehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523843029#523843029If we know the super intelligent being is performing to the rules set out above then everyone will pick box B. If we don't know he's performing to those rules everyone will pick both boxes.So do we know in advance or not? If we don't know in advanceWed, 05 Sep 2012 20:09:11 -0500Is this the best game the super intelligent being can come up with.I prefer Goldenballs.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523832315#523832315Is this the best game the super intelligent being can come up with.I prefer Goldenballs.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:47:35 -0500Why isn't there a Box C ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523775631#523775631Why isn't there a Box C ?Tue, 04 Sep 2012 03:52:01 -0500Correcting myself here, the last sentence should be . I'd say you would either have to be pretty stupid or extremely desperate to get the 1 k in order to choose both boxes.....https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523775071#523775071Correcting myself here, the last sentence should be . I'd say you would either have to be pretty stupid or extremely desperate to get the 1 k in order to choose both boxes.....Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:54:39 -0500Am I understanding this correctly ? If I pick both boxes I have 1 % chance of getting the million and if I pick box B I have 99 % chance of getting the million ? I'd say you would have to be pretty stupid to choose both boxes.....https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523775015#523775015Am I understanding this correctly ? If I pick both boxes I have 1 % chance of getting the million and if I pick box B I have 99 % chance of getting the million ? I'd say you would have to be pretty stupid to choose both boxes.....Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:49:55 -0500At this time in the morning I''m just enjoying the thought of Feck sticking the nut on the super intelligent being.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523770009#523770009At this time in the morning I''m just enjoying the thought of Feck sticking the nut on the super intelligent being.Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:49:08 -0500Yeah sorry i did actually mean option when i said box.In all honesty i would still flip for it. If you take it out of your control and leave it to pure chance to decide he can't legislate for that. If he could then I would assume he would be 100% acchttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523754229#523754229Yeah sorry i did actually mean option when i said box.In all honesty i would still flip for it. If you take it out of your control and leave it to pure chance to decide he can't legislate for that. If he could then I would assume he would be 100% accMon, 03 Sep 2012 12:44:48 -0500Castiron and U.A. the game is not about which ONE box to choose.You have the choice of getting the contents of BOTH box A AND B, or only box B.Apparently many (smart) people answer the question like this:At the time you pick, the choice has already bhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523752253#523752253Castiron and U.A. the game is not about which ONE box to choose.You have the choice of getting the contents of BOTH box A AND B, or only box B.Apparently many (smart) people answer the question like this:At the time you pick, the choice has already bMon, 03 Sep 2012 11:47:31 -0500B for me. Even if his ability amounts to nothing more than being able to spot the sort of w@nkers who say "look he's already filled the boxes, what does it matter if I choose both" then if my box B doesn't contain a million I'll at least have the sathttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523742367#523742367B for me. Even if his ability amounts to nothing more than being able to spot the sort of w@nkers who say "look he's already filled the boxes, what does it matter if I choose both" then if my box B doesn't contain a million I'll at least have the satMon, 03 Sep 2012 04:54:04 -0500The game is set-up so that the super-intelligent being 'moves' first when he makes his prediction and sets up the boxes.If you think that your decision has no impact on the box then you should chose A+B because you will always be better off whateverhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29359231/pick-one-or-both-boxes?post_id=523742047#523742047The game is set-up so that the super-intelligent being 'moves' first when he makes his prediction and sets up the boxes.If you think that your decision has no impact on the box then you should chose A+B because you will always be better off whateverMon, 03 Sep 2012 04:31:02 -0500