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Joker_vDtoday at 4:07 PM1 replyview on HN

> Mendel’s far too perfect ratios for his pea plants.

"Remember, if you flip a coin 200 times and it comes heads up exactly 100 times, the chances are the coin is actually unfair. You should expect to see something like 93 or 107 instead".


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fainpultoday at 4:17 PM

Isn't 100 / 100 the most likely outcome for a fair coin? Sure it's unlikely that you hit exactly that result, but every single other result is even less likely.

What I'm trying to say: if you get 100 / 100, that's not a sign of an unfair coin, it's the strongest sign for a fair coin you can get.

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