> Why should this be discarded? Well, it's a restatement of the Gambler's Fallacy, but I'll taboo using that as an argument because it begs the question (but f

> Why should this be discarded? Well, it's a restatement of the Gambler's Fallacy, but I'll taboo using that as an argument because it begs the question (but for reals!) I thought about this for a while, and here's the best I can do for right now. It's like winning the MegaMillions lottery on Saturday, and then winning $1 on a scratch ticket on Sunday. You'd go running around screaming on Saturday, but you wouldn't on Sunday. (Would you?) Because the impossible already happened. Hitting $1 on a scratch-off is never remarkable (unless you're 8), including on the day after you won the MegaMillions. It's just a somewhat anti-climactic coincidence.