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If you want a good, counter-intuitive but concrete puzzle, allow me to direct you towards [wp://Monty Hall problem].</p>
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Personally, I find this "spooky math" problem little more than a guileful parlor trick. It is vague and ambiguous. We don't really know the full setup. Possible choices lead to effectively different puzzles.</p>
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In reality, both Contestant and Entertainer would have individual bias, and a very constrained range for their rand(). Assuming the Entertainer gets to choose his numbers, is he spiteful or sympathetic? Now it's a behavioral game with external factors.</p>
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The abstract problem on an infinite number set is different. In this case, <strike>there is no strategy to take advantage of</strike>.</p>
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The third scenario, two persons and/or programs acting it out—that's just a curiosity, a sleight of mind, a voluntary(?) deception.</p>
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