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illusion of control
You believe you can influence outcomes based on pure chance.
A 1975 study found that people were willing to bet more money on a game of luck if they were the ones rolling the dice.
You equate active participation with causal influence. Even when the outcome is determined by randomness, the act of engagement makes you feel as though you have a hand on the steering wheel.
Your desire for agency tricks you into reading meaning into luck.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Langer (1975)
- What the check found
- The claim correctly identifies Ellen Langer's seminal 1975 study on the 'illusion of control,' though the reference material provided does not contain this specific finding.
- Confidence
- Contested
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One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.