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Old 06-07-2012, 04:43 PM   #1
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Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

Has the title says, I don't believe any life decision was ever 50/50. EVER.

Think about it, everytime your dealt with a hard decision in life, that only has two options,( e.g. to go or no to go to the gym, to eat or no macdonalds, ...) like most people, you get a coin, name which side with the options you have, and flip it. And acording to the side that faces up you "have" choose the side that lands up.

But, the curious side comes up when the coin lands. In that moment you realize the option you really want, destroying the alleged 50/50 situation into a non-50/50 situation.

Do you agree with that or does life really has a 50/50 situation?
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Old 06-07-2012, 09:02 PM   #2
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Re: Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

What? Of course people do. I have literally flipped a coin to make a number of decisions. The last one I remember was flipping to decide which of my students to request as a TA. They are both qualified and deserved. I wanted an unbiased way to decide, so I flipped a coin (actually, I don't trust coins, I generated a random number).
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Old 06-07-2012, 09:35 PM   #3
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Re: Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

My wife has had a few.
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Old 06-08-2012, 08:14 AM   #4
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Re: Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

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I wanted an unbiased way to decide, so I flipped a coin (actually, I don't trust coins, I generated a random number).
How do you not trust coins?
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Old 06-08-2012, 09:09 AM   #5
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Re: Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

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How do you not trust coins?
They aren't perfectly 50/50 even when flipped properly, and nowhere close when flipped in a particular way.
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Old 06-08-2012, 12:32 PM   #6
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Re: Did you EVER had a 50/50 life decision?

A conscious decision to do or not do something has nothing to do with probability.
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