Poll: Gambler's Question

[WolfThomas]

Well there's always the three doors/goats question for you gamblers.

There's three doors, one has a sports car behind it, the other two have goats. You want to win the car (unless you really like goats)

You get to pick one door.

Once you have picked a door, a different door is opened to reveal a goat. You can now choose whether to stay with your door or switch to the remaining door.

Should you switch doors or stay with your own? Does it matter?

 

[Generator]

Like many others have said, I would walk away for fear of either being brutally murdered or living a painfully boring life. I would never risk it if both of my options suck.

 

[Trivun]

EDIT: If you open the death door, you WILL die, no escape.

Dictating rules like that isn't fair, as if I actually have a gun on my person in a situation like that then there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to use it. Hence for future reference, I personally don't count those rules added on afterwards when I answer questions like this.

Hence, I would find a weapon, then open the door. 50:50 chance of happiness, and if I get the death door then I use whatever weapon I have to defend myself. And since I have rifle training and I'm pretty good with most blunt weapons (thanks to several years playing hockey), I'd most likely survive.

 

[Sick boy]

Yeah sure, don't see why I wouldn't give it a crack. If I get the axe murderer well... I'm fucked. But if I get the door to my paradise, I win. And I want to win.

 

[Dragon Zero]

Oh, I thought you were talking about the legendary Kenny Rogers song. Oh well.

OT: I'd try it only to say that I'd done it and not go through life thinking about whether or not I'd made the right choice.

 

[Emphraim]

I would open the door. I'm a young person, still in school, so I have relatively little to lose even if I do die. If the door I open is the good one, then I'm set for life.