vorathing

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   by vorathing 9y ago

   The paper linked was also based on 27 observable coin flips, all made with the same coin-flipping machine. Out of those 27, 18 were between .500 and .504 in probabilities - and the paper concludes by saying that the "the classical assu
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   by vorathing 9y ago

   The article is wrong in that it assumes the initial state of the coin has as much duration as the subsequent states. If that was the case, the difference in duration would be the same as in the odd-even sequence : number 1 2 3 4 5
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   by vorathing 9y ago

   I think what the parent post meant is that this reasoning is flawed by assuming the coin spends the same time face-up in the very first iteration as in every other one, and that's a fallacy. To put it simply, assuming a 4 second rotati