The Answer Came To Me In A Dream

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The Answer Came To Me In A Dream

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Ever notice how mathematicians love torturing students with problems that require divine intervention to solve? This exam question asks for the probability of randomly selecting the correct answer... to itself. It's a self-referential paradox wrapped in mathematical trolling. The punchline is that 99% of people "left the proof as an exercise for the reader" - the most passive-aggressive phrase in academic publishing. Translation: "I'm too lazy to explain this, figure it out yourself." For the curious nerds: The question creates an infinite loop. If answer A has 25% probability of being correct, and B has 25%, and C has 0%, then D must be 50%. But if D is correct, then the probability is 25%, which makes D incorrect. Mathematical checkmate. This is why mathematicians wake up in cold sweats at 3 AM with solution epiphanies. Not because they're brilliant - because their problems are deliberately unsolvable without hallucinatory assistance.

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