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A comment on Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life Decisions and Happiness [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life D... by hanoz on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:43PM (#13872172)
Given the butterfly effect, if they'd used a different coin and got tails, he wouldn't exist either.
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Re:Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life D... by HappyTypist on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:37AM (#13874443)
I wonder how signicant the butterfly effect is in most cases. Most human systems are set up to allow a wide range of flexibility and still work - eg you can show up for a coffee meeting 1 minute late, and still finish on time and everything.
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