Is tarot and coin flip always 50$% correct in yes or no questions?

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Now, I usually hate math, but I had to wonder.

If tarot gives 50% yes answers and 50% no answers, is it always correct 50% of the time?

Yea.

If some situation has 0% chance of happening, tarot will still give true answer 50% of the time and wrong answer 50% of the time.

For example, in theory, tarot yields 50 "yes" answers and 50 "no" answers out of 100 readings.

So if situation has 0% chance of being right and was always "no", the tarot would accurately guess "no" 50% of the time.

What if something only had 1% chance of happening?

Tarot would still have 50% chance of guessing if it will happen or not.

Tarot is magic, really. It is above science.
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Based on your troll take's logic,

If something has 90% chance of happenimg tarot is right 50% of the time, which is lower.

See the dilemma?

It's flawed what you're comparing but even going with its logic, tarot still seems flawed.
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If something has 90% chance of happenimg tarot is right 50% of the time, which is lower.
Okay, let me put it through statistics.


90% Yes. 

10% No.

That is

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Yes 5. Yes 6. Yes 7. Yes 8. Yes 9. Yes

10. No

In the first 9 results, which are Yes, tarot will guess Yes about 50% of the time.

So maybe 4 out of 9 will be guessed yes, or 5 out of 9.

In the last one, 10, tarot has about 50% chance of guessing No.

So even when chances are 90% for something to happen, tarot still has 50% chance of predicting if it will happen or not.

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Someone did a study and found out that it was actually 51/49 in favor of whatever face it started on.