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I’ve always suspected this fallacy in terms of sports was a bad example - since humans doing certain motor/coordination actions and getting feedback on that suc

I’ve always suspected this fallacy in terms of sports was a bad example - since humans doing certain motor/coordination actions and getting feedback on that success seemed likely to stack. I wonder if it holds in other contexts.

cirgue 9y ago
Another point of view is that this makes sports a great example: we believe the 'hot-hand' phenomenon intuitively, but the statistics tell a complicated and seemingly contradictory story.