The tradition of flipping a coin is not just fun, but the most worthless prediction to help you make a decision. Although it all started with the game. Heads or tails. Who guessed it - everyone wins.
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In many countries, the old gambling game was widespread three centuries ago. Its meaning was simple, like everything ingenious. Two people are playing. A coin of any denomination is taken and thrown into the air. Anyone who guesses which side it will fall takes the coin for himself. It was possible to play this way indefinitely, since the probability of getting "heads" or "tails" is the same - 50 to 50.
Step 2
The Russian name of the game - the toss comes from the word "eagle". This was the name of one side of the coin, on which was placed the image of the two-headed eagle - the symbol of the Russian monarchy. Tails is the opposite side of the coin. It often bore the face of the ruling monarch (some researchers even argue that this is a derivative of the word "ryashka", which in pre-revolutionary Russia did not have negative connotations, but meant a portly face). There is a version that the name "tails" came from the word "lattice", which was formed on the coin by the monograms and decorative elements of the royal initials. Be that as it may, the side opposite to the one on which the coat of arms is depicted is now called tails. And the other was an eagle.
Step 3
Only the game has lost its popularity. But fortune-telling on a coin remained relevant for making a decision. Since the probability of getting one option out of the two available is the same, the “heads-tails” technique is widely used when you need to quickly make a decision, choosing from two equally acceptable ones, so that no one will be offended. For example, before the start of a football match or a game of chess. The referee tossed a coin and determined on which half of the field which team was playing. Or the chess players threw a coin and did not argue about who plays black and who plays white.
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And in everyday life, the principle of coin tossing is often used. And mathematicians and physicists simply could not pass by this phenomenon. For example, the mathematician and professional illusionist Persa Diaconis once struck all of America with a statement that he could predict the result if he tossed a coin using a mechanical device and according to strictly specified parameters.
Step 5
But all these physical and mathematical nuances are not at all interesting to those who are going to tell fortunes on a coin and determine a plan for future actions. Throwing a coin to make a decision should be in this way. They make two decisions - heads and tails. Twisting the coin three times, three times each solution is repeated to consolidate the associations. Then they throw a coin, catch it, hold it in their palms and wait 3 seconds. During this time, they try to make a decision on their own. They say at these moments an insight comes, and the most correct decisions are made.
