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Re:Magician-turned-mathematician uncovers bias in coin flipp... by throwaway2245 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:04AM (#25528640)
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.

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Re:Magician-turned-mathematician uncovers bias in coin flipp... by jcheng on Thursday December 24, 2020 @01:17PM (#25529895)
The 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).
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Re:Magician-turned-mathematician uncovers bias in coin flipp... by throwaway2245 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:11PM (#25530985)
To 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.
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Re:Magician-turned-mathematician uncovers bias in coin flipp... by unstatusthequo on Thursday December 24, 2020 @12:52PM (#25529678)
Appreciate the much-needed TLDR on this.
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