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From the original paper [1]. > Paradoxically, participants with a scientific background may perform worse at producing random sequences, thanks to a common bel
by ahwvd37js 4y ago
From the original paper [1].
> Paradoxically, participants with a scientific background may perform worse at producing random sequences, thanks to a common belief among them that the occurrence of any string is as statistically likely as any other (a bias deriving from their knowledge of classical probability theory), which further justifies controlling for Field of education, simplified as humanities v. science.
[1] https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005408#pcbi.1005408.ref052 https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/jo...
- natly 4y agoHow in the world did this get through peer review
- edflsafoiewq 4y ago> Finally, the variable Paranormal Belief was included as it has been related to RIG performance in previous studies.