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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.""

3 of 559 comments (clear)

  1. Penny Arcade by CGP314 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I slept with your wife.

  2. Re:Thank God we still have by Cruciform · · Score: 0, Troll

    Curious George isn't exactly a pansy either.

    (Too bad the domain name is disturbingly misleading.)

  3. Re:Avoiding bias by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dude, you really don't want to flip once with H down, once with T down: you'll just magnify the bias. Flip each time with the same side down.