Gambler's fallacy
After a run of heads we expect tails, as though the coin remembered its earlier throws.
Patterns and meaning — The mind cannot stand a gap, so it fills it — with meaning, a pattern, a story that may never have happened.
Atlas of cognitive biases · Patterns and meaning
After a run of heads we expect tails, as though the coin remembered its earlier throws.
Patterns and meaning — The mind cannot stand a gap, so it fills it — with meaning, a pattern, a story that may never have happened.