Flipping 10 heads in a row: Full video
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used as a reference for the perseverance behind improbable streaks and selective reporting of best runs.
What it is
Mathematician singingbanana shows how he flipped ten heads in a row, with the full uncut video and answers to viewers' questions. The point is that unlikely events happen given enough attempts.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2015 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Cites Someone · 2015-09 · on “St. Petersburg paradox”
[this video] Not that hard to do. Just a matter of perseverance and a bit of luck. Yes, it could be faked, but I trust him.
Cites Retric · 2017-05 · on “How much do hedge fund traders earn?”
It's a little worse than that as there are vast incentives to be that guy with 20 heads so people will record themselves fillping coins over and over then only talk about their best streak. Thus you end up with most companies having an 'above average' streak in a given year even if the average investment does poorly. [this video]