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The Dumb Mistake Everyone Makes

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Gamblers, judges and baseball umpires constantly make the same mistake -- believing that things even out, Jeff Guo reports on washingtonpost.com.

What’s unsettling is how this mistake undermines the thinking of important decision makers — seemingly reasonable, intelligent people who wield considerable power over the lives of others, Guo wrote.

For more on this superstition called gambler's fallacy: http://kenallensforum.blogspot.com/

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