Comments on: The Gambler’s Fallacy http://www.pokermoments.com/poker/the-gamblers-fallacy/ we're all in. are you? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Suber http://www.pokermoments.com/poker/the-gamblers-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-98208 Suber Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:58:58 +0000 http://www.pokermoments.com/philosophy/the-gamblers-fallacy/#comment-98208 Difficult to believe. I'll have to check out the article. Thanks for letting me know about it. Difficult to believe. I’ll have to check out the article. Thanks for letting me know about it.

]]> By: Some Poker Guy http://www.pokermoments.com/poker/the-gamblers-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-98199 Some Poker Guy Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:40:25 +0000 http://www.pokermoments.com/philosophy/the-gamblers-fallacy/#comment-98199 Yes. There seems to be surprising independence of each attempt in basketball, baseball, etc. People presumably perceive runs of successes and failures as causal because they have different expectations about what "Randomness" is (namely, that there should be no perceivable patterns) Yes. There seems to be surprising independence of each attempt in basketball, baseball, etc. People presumably perceive runs of successes and failures as causal because they have different expectations about what “Randomness” is (namely, that there should be no perceivable patterns)

]]> By: Suber http://www.pokermoments.com/poker/the-gamblers-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-97015 Suber Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:45:02 +0000 http://www.pokermoments.com/philosophy/the-gamblers-fallacy/#comment-97015 <p>Interesting.</p> <p>Is there evidence that the converse is also true, that the cold hand doesn't exist?</p> Interesting.

Is there evidence that the converse is also true, that the cold hand doesn’t exist?

]]> By: Some Poker Guy http://www.pokermoments.com/poker/the-gamblers-fallacy/comment-page-1/#comment-96592 Some Poker Guy Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:52:23 +0000 http://www.pokermoments.com/philosophy/the-gamblers-fallacy/#comment-96592 There is lots of research on "the hot hand" in sports--the hot hand doesn't exist. For a recent review see "From a fixation on sports to an exploration of mechanism: The past, present, and future of hot hand research." Alter, Adam L.; Oppenheimer, Daniel M.; Thinking & Reasoning, Vol 12(4), Nov 2006. pp. 431-444. There is lots of research on “the hot hand” in sports–the hot hand doesn’t exist. For a recent review see

“From a fixation on sports to an exploration of mechanism: The past, present, and future of hot hand research.” Alter, Adam L.; Oppenheimer, Daniel M.; Thinking & Reasoning, Vol 12(4), Nov 2006. pp. 431-444.

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