Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Coin Toss Randomness, or Lack Thereof

Yet recent research into coin flips has discovered that the laws of mechanics determine the outcome of coin tosses: The startling finding is that they aren't random. Instead, for natural flips, the chance of a coin landing in the same position as it started is about 51 percent. Heads facing up predicts heads; tails predicts tails.

- Washington Post (link here)

Very interesting.

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