Today's issue of Parade has a 30th anniversary Marilyn vos Savant
article that among other things revisits the Monty Hall problem (also
known as two goats, three doors) that caused an alarming amount of
controversy, including furor from a lot of from people who really ought
to have known better. "Of the letters from the general public, 92% are
against my answer, and and of the letters from universities, 65% are
against my answer", she wrote in a follow-up, and many of these letters
were condescending if not outright rude and insulting. (link)
For anyone unfamiliar with it, here's the basic premise of the problem:
