Understanding something and applying that knowledge are two very different things. Plenty of perfectly sensible people have strange superstitions that defy all

Understanding something and applying that knowledge are two very different things. Plenty of perfectly sensible people have strange superstitions that defy all common sense. I won't argue that teaching better probability skills would not be beneficial to society. Still, it's not going to stop people from making stupid bets. Some people just have a crazy need to gamble.