Can you solve the $20 riddle? ft SMBC Comics' Zach Weinersmith

04:19 If the first prisoner dies a noble death and tells the guy in front which color of hat
he's wearing, they can then pass that on.
This means that 99 prisoner's get to live, while the first one has a 50% of living.
This then means averaged, 99.5% of the prisoners get to live if they use the solution.
Random chance guessing, will see roughly 50% live.

When people start thinking and actually come up with a less succes chance rate of below 50%,
they should stop thinking and start flipping coins, which then give them better odds at life
in general. But without any extremist thinking, so no life or death entering into this.
All life is valued at above zero.