• ObjectivityIncarnate
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    156 months ago

    This is a perfectly succinct, textbook example of Outcome Bias.

    Betting $1 with a 1 in 3 chance to win $2 is objectively a bad idea; the odds are against you. It doesn’t stop being a bad idea if you win the $2 after 1 bet.

    • @Rapidcreek
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      -136 months ago

      Nothing like one person being right and another being wrong in bringing the amateur philosophers out.

      • @butwhyishischinabook
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        66 months ago

        Tell me you don’t understand directionally or literal numbers without telling me…

        • @Rapidcreek
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          -66 months ago

          Tell me you don’t know simple English without telling me…