Originally Posted by Arglax

I know a better riddle. One that isn't retarded:

Imagine three identical boxes. Each box has two sections. In one box, each section has a gold coin. In another box, each section has a silver coin. In a third box, one section contains a gold coin, the other contains a silver coin.

A blind man picks a box, and retrieves one coin from one section. It is a gold coin.

What are the odds that the other coin in the chosen box is gold as well?