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Question #62·12 October 2026·revealed

Heads, your salary doubles forever. Tails, it halves forever. Flip the coin?

42 people answered on 12 October 2026. 86% said Keep my salary.

Flip it14.3%
Keep my salary85.7%

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42
votes on this question
2
published country breakdowns
60%
of 5 predictors called the winner
34.2
avg split-guess miss, points

By country

Flip itKeep my salary
Everywhere else 21
86

By age

Flip itKeep my salary
Everywhere else 22
86

By profession

Flip itKeep my salary
Everywhere else 8
88

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In a wisehumans poll of 42 voters (12 October 2026), 86% chose "Keep my salary". Source: wisehumans.org/q/heads-your-salary-doubles-forever-tails-it-halves

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Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.