What triggered this coin toss?
In No Country for Old Men, the old man at the gas station tries to make a small talk with Anton and it backfires; Anton tries to murder him by offering a coin toss.
I watched this scene a few times, still do not get why Anton becomes enraged.
Best Answer
The gas station owner has taken note of Chigurh's registration plate (by asking him about the weather in Dallas), placing him in the unconscious but unenviable position of being a witness to a multiple - murderer on the 'run' (of course it is much more of a chase to catch up with Moss and the money, but the Sheriffs dept are after him). Chigurh realises this and as part of his decision making as to whether or not this potential loose end should be silenced at the risk of more attention, he resorts to the coin toss, which forms part of his ritualistic killing whenever the opportunity presents itself.
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Can a coin toss be predicted?
While a coin toss is regarded as random, it spins in a predictable way. In 2008, a team from the Technical University of \u0141\xf3d\u017a, Poland, analysed the mechanics of a coin tumbling in the air. The theory revealed that the coin's behaviour is predictable \u2013 until it strikes the floor.What is the experiment of tossing a coin?
In the experiment of flipping a coin, the mutually exclusive outcomes are the coin landing either heads up or tails up. In the experiment of rolling one die, the mutually exclusive outcomes are the die landing with either the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 face up.Where did the coin toss come from?
The coin flip dates back to the Roman Empire, where it was originally known as \u201cHeads or Ships\u201d. In more recent years, it has been linked to probability and statistics. In 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright tossed a coin to decide who would fly first in their historic flight in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.When did the coin toss start?
The coin toss has been a part of professional football since its start in 1892. While the procedure has been relatively unchanged over the years, the following is a history of changes made to the pre-game procedure.Coin flipping probability | Probability and Statistics | Khan Academy
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