Gambler's Fallacy
(I believe this is the technical name for what Cube Inmate was getting at in his discussion of a system and memory. For another interesting discussion, see the Monty Hall problem. Math is really fascinating in the correct context)
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
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