Coin Tossing
Suppose you were to keep flipping a coin until it landed either HTHHT or HHHHH on five consecutive flips. Which of these two sequences would you predict would occur first?
March 23, 2021
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Suppose you were to keep flipping a coin until it landed either HTHHT or HHHHH on five consecutive flips. Which of these two sequences would you predict would occur first?
See here. Also, a shorter sequence (HTT vs HTH) but with a similar element of surprise is explained also in this TED Talk:
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