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In this sense, I found the 51% surprising (surprisingly close to 50%). If you have a very practiced, consistent flip, you can always get the same result.
by throwaway2245 6y ago
In this sense, I found the 51% surprising (surprisingly close to 50%).
If you have a very practiced, consistent flip, you can always get the same result.
- unstatusthequo 6y agoAppreciate the much-needed TLDR on this.
- jcheng 6y agoThe article notes that he got to 100% when intentionally biasing the flip, the 51% was for ordinary people doing ordinary coin flips (no attempt to bias).
- throwaway2245 6y agoTo clarify, this is exactly what I found surprising: that any unintentional bias that exists, in those ordinary cases, cancels out almost (but not quite?) perfectly.