alt Hacker NewsFWIW, there is also a 2007 paper [1] that offers a physical explanation.
[1] https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/157/Papers/diaconis_co...
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hackernewds • last Tuesday at 5:08 PM
as long as a machine is used for consistency*
FWIW, there is also a 2007 paper [1] that offers a physical explanation.
[1] https://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/157/Papers/diaconis_co...
as long as a machine is used for consistency*
That is referenced in both the paper and the video in fact. Apparently Diaconis presented a model which predicted about 51% preference for "Same side" and also did 2500 flips and said that about 250k flips would be needed to get 3 sigma of significance. So this paper decided to test it empirically and got to about exactly that number after 350k flips from a team of researchers.