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jwpapi
497 days ago
A physical coin is biased?
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isotropy
497 days ago
Empirically, human-flipped coins have about a 1% bias toward the same side they started on:
https://www.ams.org/publicoutreach/math-history/hap7-fifty-o...
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HelloUsername
497 days ago
But why it says "favors heads ~51%"
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Rooster61
496 days ago
What sort of uncivilized mook dares flip a coin with tails facing up? Preposterous
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mattvr
496 days ago
Updated to "favors one side 51%".
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helboi4
497 days ago
I feel like when I flip a physical coin it pretty much always lands on exactly the same side unless I flip it real wierd.
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