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November 27, 2018 10:06 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZYMJaWVuzW4/video-why-flipping-a-coin-is.html
Video: why flipping a coin is completely deterministic
If you knew what all the initial conditions were before you flipped a coin, you could predict with 100% accuracy whether it would land heads or tails. In this video the Action Lab Man conducts a number of interesting demonstrations to show the difference between chaos and randomness. In short, random events are unpredictable, and chaotic events seem random because we can't calculate them. Read the rest
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ZYMJaWVuzW4/video-why-flipping-a-coin-is.html
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