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The video was visually similar to the set up that Derren Brown used in 'The System', which the video is making a direct reference to.

The person making it is trying to show how 'lucky' or 'unlucky' Brown was when it took him nine hours to achieve the same result.




I haven't seen the other video so didn't know it was done similarly. However my feeling is that it still isn't that relevant.

  Trying to show how 'lucky' or 'unlucky'...
He didn't really do that, did he? We know that it's possible to, on the first attempt, throw 10 heads in a row. Or it's also possible to not do that after 100 hours of trying. This video showed that it is possible to do it faster (be more 'lucky') than Derren Brown, but nothing about about the odds of when it might happen.

I just feel that you could take out 95% of the video, expand on the areas covered quite a bit, and have something much more interesting.




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