thomblake comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 01 June 2010 02:30:29PM 4 points [-]

A lot of cognitive bias has tie-ins with "magical thinking". If you're living in a world where sympathetic magic works, why not the halo effect or gambler's fallacy?