Think a coin toss gives you a fair 50/50 outcome? Think again.
This 2024 Ig Nobel Prize winner in Probability reveals a subtle but real bias: coins tend to land on the same side they started—and it's backed by an astonishing 350,757 coin flips.
In this video, we break down the physics-based model proposed by Diaconis, Holmes, and Montgomery, and show how a massive global experiment confirmed that a tossed coin has a ~51% chance of landing on the same side. It's not magic — it's mechanics.
You'll learn:

• Why coin tosses aren’t truly random
• What this bias means for real-world decisions
• How practice actually reduces the bias over time

If you've ever trusted a coin flip to settle an argument, you need to see this. This quirky but rigorous research won the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Probability — and it might just change how you see randomness forever.
Watch now to see what 350,000+ flips can teach us about chance, physics, and hidden bias.

Watch on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtube.com/@whatthestudysays?si=uBrAmOvBiEvvzDOe
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/what-the-study-says/id1814559387
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