"Fooled by Randomness" is a great book. But I sometimes feel about it the same way I feel about people who say lotteries are a waste of time: some people do wi

"Fooled by Randomness" is a great book. But I sometimes feel about it the same way I feel about people who say lotteries are a waste of time: some people do win. And sometimes, despite everything, a transient pattern does repeat. How frustrating! Edited to add this, which is sometimes also brought up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_of_control