Monday, June 22, 2009

What do slot machines have in common with Elections?

According to Discover Magazine, they look pretty suspicious when you see seven too many times.

I saw something on this sort of human failure to be truly random regarding the "cold fusion" fiasco a while back. When they faked their research, their numbers showed patterns that wouldn't naturally occur. Artificial results reflect the selective, biased nature of the human mind. We have preferences, we make choices, and our choices are not random.