2007-02-10 01:11:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No. However, the way the mind works, you will give more weight/credence to events that seem to fit a pattern, so if you try hard enough for long enough, you will actually delude yourself into thinking you can influence the coin-toss by mind power.
2007-02-10 01:25:17 · answer #1 · answered by ags3y7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. First off, to change the outcome of a coin toss you'd have to know what the original outcome was going to be. Secondly the toss is based on the equality of weight between both sides of the coin.
What is true is that if you think hard enough about wanting a certain outcome that it's possible that you'll remember those coin tosses more than if you didn't get your way, meaning that you remember the side of the coin you wanted to come up more often than the side of the coin you didn't want.
2007-02-10 01:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mienk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the law of probability, your chances are 50-50.
However it is possible only when ..........
1- similar force is applied every time a coin is tossed,
2- climatic conditions like air flow, is same,
3- the angle from which the coin is tossed, remains the same,
4- the coin is tossed with the same side down or up, every time.
Since this is possible only in ideal conditions as mentioned above, you can have the result as desired by you.
2007-02-10 18:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by ♪¢αpη' ε∂ïß♪ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the coin drops on one side or the other independent of how much you would like to control it. What you can change is the resulting behavior based on which side of the coin lands up. We do not have to accept the fate of a coin toss if we are willing to gain a different result.
2007-02-10 01:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course not. the law of probability states that the probability a coin outcome is is 1/2 for both heads and tails. no doubt about that. you cant seriously think a psychic power you have can change the coin toss!
2007-02-10 01:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by kenloganyu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but some people can toss a coin so that it comes up the way they want it to; they can't predict other people's tosses, though. There is a long standing prize of $1,000,000 for anyone who can prove any ESP abilities; many have tried, all have failed. Feelin lucky?
2007-02-10 01:28:18 · answer #6 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-04 00:00:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. That's like saying if you think hard enough, you can make objects fly around.
2007-02-10 01:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by Zach 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. About half of the time.
2007-02-10 01:20:13 · answer #9 · answered by oldmanwitastick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope
2007-02-10 01:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋