Coin-tossing doesn't exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Jesus.https://twitter.com/Sam_Dumitriu/status/996015183582715905 …
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Replying to @St_Rev
Sensitive dependence on initial conditions is literally the point of tossing a coin
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Replying to @percentient
Coin-flipping was used by the Romans and analyzed by Jacob Bernoulli in 1713. Sensitive dependence on initial conditions was first noticed by Poincare in 1890. So the latter can hardly be the point of the former.
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Replying to @St_Rev @percentient
You can see SDoIC in the _physical process_ that generates coin-flipping if you squint, but the point of coin flipping is independence and uniformity.
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Replying to @St_Rev
I don't have to squint to see the latter features being caused by the former.
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Yeah but it's irrelevant. When people talk about coin flips they're just talking about a certain probability measure over bit strings. There are no meaningful dynamics involved.
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