![]() In both cases, they wake her up again on Wednesday, and the experiment ends. Then they give her another sleeping pill. If “tails” comes up, they wake Sleeping Beauty up on Monday, put her back to sleep and wake her up again on Tuesday. Afterward, they administer another sleeping pill. If “heads” comes up, the scientists awaken Sleeping Beauty on Monday. One of the experimenters then tosses a coin. On Sunday she is given a sleeping pill and falls asleep. The problem vexing the minds of experts is as follows: Sleeping Beauty agrees to participate in an experiment. More than 100 technical publications exist on this puzzle, and almost every person who hears about the Sleeping Beauty thought experiment develops their own strong opinion. ![]() Experts in philosophy and mathematics split into two camps and ceaselessly cite-often quite convincingly-arguments for their respective side. But when it comes to the Sleeping Beauty problem, which became popular in 2000, there is still no universal consensus. ![]() ![]() Usually, there are clear answers in mathematics-especially if the tasks are not too complicated. ![]()
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