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The Great Coin Toss Situation

Let’s settle this once and for all. We’re building a dataset on what people usually choose during a coin toss. Your instinctive pick might matter in future decisions.

What do you usually choose when a coin is tossed for the first time?

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FluffyKoala
FluffyKoala
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If the coin is truly unbiased and random, the probability of H vs T on one toss is 50% each.

So it doesn't matter which one you choose. Whether one chooses H consistently every time, or T consistently every time, in the long run they will have 50% wins.

So what the hell are you talking about? Either you discovered some biased coin toss mechanism, or someone failed in their statistics & probability class 😄

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