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Science of the coin-toss: Bias in Heads-or-Tails

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-gildenstern-prove-that-already dept.

MrSharkey writes " An interesting article published in Science News puts a new scientific spin on the outcome of the venerable coin-toss. "A new mathematical analysis suggests that coin tossing is inherently biased: A coin is more likely to land on the same face it started out on.""

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  1. New Math by Lycestra · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    did you have to say "new math"? I have three oranges, and you take two away. How many do I have now? Three, because you better gimme back my damn oranges.

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  2. Re:Tax dollars at work, one coin at a time by FauxPasIII · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    -nod- Clinton had a few misadventures in bombing to his name, this is true. I don't necessarily think any of his were on the same scale as Bush's Iraq adventure, though. And at least Bill never sent a troop into battle who didn't come home to his or her family.

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  3. Re:Tax dollars at work, one coin at a time by josecanuc · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ever seen the movie "Black Hawk Down"? Bill did that.

  4. Re:Tax dollars at work, one coin at a time by donnyspi · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    people are starting to forget that IN A BATTLE, PEOPLE DIE. That's how it works. Some soldiers do not come home and that's just how it works. It is plain stupid to expect that everyone or nearly everyone will come out of it ok.

  5. Re:Tax dollars at work, one coin at a time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's true. In fact, if any soldiers even got sick or injured, Clinton could actually heal their wounds and raise them from the dead!

    It's insane. Apparently it's okay for one guy to use the U.S. Military for his personal prestige, but not to improve national (and global) security. Idiots!