Summary: A study collected 350,757 coin flips to test the prediction that a coin tends to land on the same side it started, with an estimated probability of 51%. The study suggests that when coin flips are used for high-stakes decision-making, the starting position of the coin should be concealed.

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/10/coin-flips-are-biased.html

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