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Confirmation Bias - Rules Of Thumb

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Confirmation Bias - Rules Of Thumb

Hopefully this is entirely unnecessary but letme start out by saying I am not advocating murder; the darlingsreferred to in what I say next are a metaphor for pet theories,whether they are about football, racing, the X Factor or whateverevent

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Betting Traps - Social Proof

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Betting Traps - Social Proof

Imagine you have agreed to take part in anexperiment; you are sitting in a room and are about to answer whatseems like a really easy question. The researcher has shown you onecard with a line on it, and then another

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BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.

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BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.

BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.In the years leading up to the millennium, New Year's eve wasextreme on the pub and club circuit, with national chains and thelocals doing an absolute storm of trade, with the year 2000approaching all the talk was

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ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.

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ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.

ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.With the Christmas period now drawing to a close, the sales are nowin full swing with people knocking each other over to get theirhands on a massively reduced kettle. I was fortunate enough to bereading an article this

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The Value of Historical Results

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The Value of Historical Results

Historical results in different sports have different value.In tennis or snooker for example, where there is just one playeragainst another then yes history is very important (but even thenthere are other factors to consider). But in team sports there areso

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£700 for a television ?

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£700 for a television ?

"THE FACT THAT AN OPINION HAS BEEN WIDELY HELD IS NO EVIDENCEWHATEVER THAT IT IS NOT UTTERLY ABSURD." Bertrand RussellPhilosopher and Mathematician.I sat at the bar next to Andy one of my oldest friends , I hadplayed a blinder I

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