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hot hand fallacy
You overestimate your ability to predict the future.
The 'hot hand' fallacy leads people to believe that success streaks imply a higher probability of continued success.
Change 'inevitable continued success' to 'a higher probability of continued success'.
You see patterns where there is only randomness.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Gilovich, Vallone, and Tversky, 1985, Cognitive Psychology
- What the check found
- The cited study exists and addresses the hot hand, but the claim exaggerates the belief to 'inevitable' success and ignores modern debates challenging the original study's conclusion.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.