Post by Padre Romero on Sept 12, 2007 12:25:22 GMT -5
oh...it's not a mathematical or logical, and it's immediately apparent what is really going on if you think about it enough, but it leads to some pretty absurd conclusions at first glance. You also may have personally noticed this paradox in action if you live in a tall building:
If you live on the third floor of a 30 story apartment, you'll notice quite quickly that when you call for an elevator, it's usually going down
If you live on the 27th floor of the apartment, you'll notice quite quickly that it's usually going up.
At first glance, what's going on is obvious: elevators are being assembled on the the 15th floor, and sent UP to the 30th, and DOWN to the basment, to be torn apart.
The math behind it is quite interesting: there's a good link here
www.kwansei.ac.jp/hs/z90010/english/sugakuc/toukei/elevator/elevator.htm
and this crazy math stuff reminds me of the monty hall problem, anyone heard of that?
If you live on the third floor of a 30 story apartment, you'll notice quite quickly that when you call for an elevator, it's usually going down
If you live on the 27th floor of the apartment, you'll notice quite quickly that it's usually going up.
At first glance, what's going on is obvious: elevators are being assembled on the the 15th floor, and sent UP to the 30th, and DOWN to the basment, to be torn apart.
The math behind it is quite interesting: there's a good link here
www.kwansei.ac.jp/hs/z90010/english/sugakuc/toukei/elevator/elevator.htm
and this crazy math stuff reminds me of the monty hall problem, anyone heard of that?