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Fair coins tend to land on the side they started (2023)

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392 points seanhunter | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 09:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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aquafox ◴[19 Nov 24 16:47 UTC] No.42185451[source]▶
FWIW, there is also a 2007 paper [1] that offers a physical explanation.

[1] https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/157/Papers/diaconis_co...

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1. hackernewds ◴[19 Nov 24 17:08 UTC] No.42185701[source]▶
as long as a machine is used for consistency*