Find di fallacy
Short quote fram di table. Name di bias weh a work: gambla fallacy, hot hand, illusion a control, chase yuh loss dem or selective memory.
Ten quote fram a pool a fifteen, five bias, one right ansa each. Smaddy seh evry one a dem at a roulette table tonight.
Di five bias
Gambla fallacy: a result “due” cause it neva show up yet. Hot handmyth demHot handDi idea seh a run a win, or a one result, mek anodda one more likely. At di wheel it a di gambla fallacy tun roun.Read di whole ting →: a run wi keep gwaan. Illusion a control: sumting yuh do change di result. Chase yuh loss dem: di loss dem weh pass mek di nex bet look like yuh haffi mek it. Selective memory: yuh memba di hit dem an yuh figet di miss dem. Inna real talk dem overlap, suh evry quote pon di quiz write fi have one clear ansa.
Score
10: yuh coulda run di pit.
8–9: yuh wi hear dem all evenin an smile.
5–7: yuh know di gambla fallacy; di Myths section cover di rest.
Unda 5: read “Wah mek roulette so addictive?” It have di whole list wid di science.
Question dem
Inna roulette, no. Inna some sport weh need skill, di evidence mix up. Di wheel nuh have nuh skill fi get hot.
Chase yuh loss dem, by far. Di odda dem change which bet yuh mek; chasin change ow much.
Sumting fi laugh
Five bias. One pigeon.
Source dem
- Tversky, A. and Kahneman, D. “Judgment under uncertainty: heuristics and biases.”
- Langer, E. “The illusion of control.”