sciam.com — "Folk numeracy is our natural tendency to misperceive and miscalculate probabilities, to think anecdotally instead of statistically, and to focus on and remember short-term trends and small-number runs. We notice a short stretch of cool days and ignore the long-term global-warming trend. We note with consternation the recent downturn in the housing
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sfbushieAug 30, 2008
This explains "woman's intuition"?
tupeSep 4, 2008
I don't know if it explains woman's intuition, but it explains coincidences and all those weird experiences we all have, and are often tempted to attribute to something magical or supernatural.
emt1451Sep 4, 2008
An explanation for people's belief in miracles.