That’s no surprise if you think about it. Each person is going to have their “natural” way to flip the coin and depending on the specific technique used, the result will either be predominately the same side or the opposite side that was facing up at the beginning of the coin flip.
It was a surprise to me. When you flip a coin, it’s going to spin an indeterminate number of times before being caught, depending on how hard you flip it, the part of the coin your thumb hits, where you catch it, and possibly other criteria. To me, it seems that whether that results in it landing on the same side or the opposite side should be equally indeterminate.
Of course, if you always hit it in a particular spot and with a particular amount of force, and catch it in the same place, then it will probably come out the same. But in my experience, people generally don’t have that level of fine motor control.
That’s no surprise if you think about it. Each person is going to have their “natural” way to flip the coin and depending on the specific technique used, the result will either be predominately the same side or the opposite side that was facing up at the beginning of the coin flip.
It was a surprise to me. When you flip a coin, it’s going to spin an indeterminate number of times before being caught, depending on how hard you flip it, the part of the coin your thumb hits, where you catch it, and possibly other criteria. To me, it seems that whether that results in it landing on the same side or the opposite side should be equally indeterminate.
Of course, if you always hit it in a particular spot and with a particular amount of force, and catch it in the same place, then it will probably come out the same. But in my experience, people generally don’t have that level of fine motor control.