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Show HN: Play with real quantum physics in your br...
A physical coin is biased?
isotropy
on Feb 7, 2025
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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...
HelloUsername
on Feb 7, 2025
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But why it says "favors heads ~51%"
Rooster61
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What sort of uncivilized mook dares flip a coin with tails facing up? Preposterous
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Updated to "favors one side 51%".
helboi4
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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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