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    Falling for the Gambler’s Fallacy

    Falling for the Gambler’s Fallacy

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    Falling for the Gambler’s Fallacy

    FromThe Gist

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    Length:
    28 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 18, 2017
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    If the roulette wheel keeps stopping on green, it’s bound to stop on red soon, right? It must be time for another round of “Is That Bullshit?” Maria Konnikova returns to debunk our ideas about probability and gambling. Konnikova writes for the New Yorker and is the author of The Confidence Game.  In the Spiel, the Russian connection.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
    Released:
    Oct 18, 2017
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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