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Artisian@lemmy.world 5 hours agoThey don’t say that the random answer is chosen uniformly (though that is the norm in the field). If we relax that, then we’re putting a distribution on these where we want:
P(correct with distribution (a,b,c,d)) = some value shown on A,B,C,D
I don’t see any assumption that we will pick using that distribution, so I think this avoids the recursion.
Unfortunately this has too many solutions. If you put a total of 0.25 weight on A and D, then the rest does not matter. If you put 0.5 weight on C, again the rest is irrelevant.
Triumph@fedia.io 4 hours ago
You've added details that aren't in the question. It's like asking what are the odds of rolling a "one" on a 1d4, and then saying "Well, if it's not a fair 1d4, then ..."
Artisian@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
… I… I literally talked about this. It’s the first words.
What more was needed?
Triumph@fedia.io 3 hours ago
The question is as posed. We have no indication that we should assume a different distribution of "random".
Artisian@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
My favorite indication that someone is using a word in an unusual way is that their question has no answer if you interpret it as usual.