People are so dumb
K there's this gameshow in the uk thats just started up called 'deal or no deal'; here's how it works:
There are 24 boxes boxes numbered 1 to 24. There is a person standing behind each box (the same people do it for 1 week I think, so 5 episodes). Inside each box, is a cheque for an amount of money, ranging at intervals from 0.01 to 250k (so exactly one of the boxes is worth 0.01, exactly one is worth 250k, and so on inbetween. Each day the amount in each box is assigned completely randomly, and until looking inside, nobody knows what is where.
The presenter chooses 1 person at random to come to the mic and 'choose' numbers, 5 at a time. I wont go into all the details but essentially he has to use 'strategy' to decide which box he wants to look in.
At some point, after some boxes have been eliminated (at his 'strategic choices' he has to choose between getting a random box or the average amount remaining.
The last few contestants have all had intricate plans for how theyre gonna choose the boxes. And the presenter eggs them on, and it looks like the audience is laughing at them rather than with them. The whole thing is ridiculous, no wonder boards like this exist.
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