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Overestimating one's influence over uncontrollable events. Correlation between action and outcome means causation, obviously.
Drives gambling addiction, creates false sense of agency, and leads to magical thinking in decision-making.
This illusion is stronger when people are personally involved in the random process, like pressing a button vs. watching someone else press it.
"The human brain: 3 billion years of evolution perfecting the art of being wrong with complete certainty."
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