We play the let’s-flip-a –coin-until-a-pattern-emerges game. You pick HHT as your pattern, I pick THH. We...

We play the let’s-flip-a –coin-until-a-pattern-emerges game. You pick HHT as your pattern, I pick THH. We flip a fair coin repeatedly until we get head-heads-tails in a row (you win) or tails-heads-heads in a row (I win).

Seeing as THH is a better pattern, you request to pick it as your pattern. I graciously agree, and switch to TTH. I keep beating you most of the time. You switch to my TTH. I switch to HTT. I keep beating you. You switch to HTT. I switch to… HHT, your original losing pattern. Who’s winning now? Why?

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