March 02, 2004

Coin toss randomness

I heard a story the other morning on NPR about the randomness of a coin toss. Well, I also came across an article about the same subject while reading slashdot today.

It's an interesting read, and goes along with what I've always suspected, that a coin toss is not 100% random, but that there is some mathematical reasoning behind how it actually turns out. Turns out, if you toss a coin, in EXACTLY the same manner time after time, it will ALWAYS land with the same side up. Also, there is a slight shift towards the coin landing the same way in which it started, before being tossed. Read the article and let me know what you think.

Posted by doug at March 2, 2004 04:39 PM
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