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You Are Not So Smart - Book Launch Trailer

Can. Not. WAIT. To read this.

You should read it too. This vignette is based on a mental hiccup called the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy.

“Picking out clusters of coincidence is a predictable malfunction of a normal human mind.”

(by YouAreNotSoSmart)

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    On my Christmas List!! Looks like...great read. I hate when people say things happen...
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    pretty good read.
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    A fabulous trailer for...so endemic to humankind that it is sometimes all but invisible.
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    Ohhhh, can’t wait!
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    Seeing coincidences and claiming them to be more than just that
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    Ordered this forever agoWHEN WILL IT GET HERE
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