Flipping a tail is a 1/2 chance, but flipping 6 tails in a row is a 1/64, so if after flipping 5 tails, why is it incorrect to say that your chance of flipping another tail is now lower, like you’re “bound” to get a head? I know this is the gambler’s fallacy, but why is it a fallacy? I get that each coin flip is independent, but it feels right (as fallacies often do) that in consecutive flips the previous events matter? Please, help me see it in a different way.
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independent random events every flip has the same 50/50 odds. this is the same concept slot machines use
with a large enough sample size it will always end up with 50 50 but in a smaller sample size that may not show up
you mention flipping 6 in row and flipping once the two are completely separate from each other
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