alt Hacker NewsImportantly - you don't have to know the odds of the coin ahead of time, or which side is more likely. You only need to know that it is consistent.
Importantly - you don't have to know the odds of the coin ahead of time, or which side is more likely. You only need to know that it is consistent.
The odds are important to know because if someone gave you a trick coin that always lands on heads, you will be flipping coins until the end of the universe. And I'm sure you have more important things to do than that.