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62 Post author: Tyrrell_McAllister 12 August 2013 06:59AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 11 August 2013 05:14:55AM 21 points [-]

Unless you too selectively (mis)remember things.

Or selectively expose yourself to situations.

Comment author: Pentashagon 13 August 2013 06:26:01PM 2 points [-]

If I can always expose myself to situations in which I anecdotally experience success, isn't that Winning?

Comment author: wedrifid 14 August 2013 05:03:09AM * 0 points [-]

If I can always expose myself to situations in which I anecdotally experience success, isn't that Winning?

Yes. What it isn't is an unbiased scientific study. The anecdotal experience of situations which are selected to to provide success is highly filtered evidence.