<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:47 PM, Mike Dougherty wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>how many consecutive fair flips does it take to make you suspicious?<br></div></blockquote><br><div>42</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>three, five, 10?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Actually, assuming I knew nothing else about the coin, each time it came up heads my suspicion would double. However if I was allowed to examine the coin and learned: </div><div><br></div><div>1) That the coin did actually have a tail side.</div><div>2) There were no unusual unsymmetrical aspects in the shape, weight distribution or magnetic attraction in the coin.</div><div><br></div><div>Then my suspicion would decrease. It would decrease even more if I got a professional stage magician to observe the coin flips with me.</div><div><br></div><div> John K Clark </div><div><br><div><br></div></div></body></html>