Its ubiquity disappoints me because it shows how post-modernist emotionalism has completely overriden objective pragmatism. The average better in the street is

Its ubiquity disappoints me because it shows how post-modernist emotionalism has completely overriden objective pragmatism. The average better in the street is not going to magnitudes less statistical information than the betting company, but he places a bet because he 'feels' that he can predict the outcome.