Message from @MOS MAIORVM (AKA Sola)
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with 100,000 flips you won't get 70 percent heads
And gets to the heart of my discussion
with 10 it's still significantly possible
Yeah. You need enough.
More is not better
My whole argument
You believe it's impossible to get 7 heads in a coin toss of 10 times?
I think most people would disagree
even if its not likely
it's still quite possible
Again. I said enough. Is 10 flips enough in principle to establish a certain premise about coinflips? No.
But 100k is
And more wont help
100k is more than 10
100k helped compared to 10
hence proving my point
Come on man
What?
This is really basic stuff
My point is what?
Yes. Basic and irrelevant
It's not irrelevant
It's quite important
You're acting as if sample size doesn't matter
that's clearly not the case
It matters to a point
It matters period
Depends on what you study
No. It doesnt matter period.
Yes, we only have so many resources to expend on it
Per the 100k vs. 10 mil example
But it's important to get a large sample size
Maybe. It certainly isnt some inviolable principle. Maybe it is useful.
10 mil will still give you a more accurate result than 100k
It doesnt make it MORE TRUE
10 mil vs. 100k in coinflips
It's not about being "more true" but more accurate
Will not give you a more accurate result
it will
More accurate what though