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From the article: > Diaconis himself has trained his thumb to flip a coin and make it come up heads 10 out of 10 times
by namenotrequired 6y ago
From the article:
> Diaconis himself has trained his thumb to flip a coin and make it come up heads 10 out of 10 times
- TylerE 6y ago10 out of 10 isn't really that impressive. If his actual success rate is, say, 70 out 100 10/10 is easy enough to get by chance. 990 out of 1000 would be much more pressive.
- moonchild 6y agoIt's a popular piece. ‘10 out of 10’ probably just means ‘reliably’.
- titzer 6y agoI calculate that 70/100 gives you a 6 in a million chance of getting 10 in a row.
- MauranKilom 6y ago6 in a million is the chance to fail 10 times in a row with 70% odds. 10 successes is 3%.
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- titzer 6y agoAw dang it, got it backwards!