Jack William Bell on Nostr: I think all gambling involves a kind of magical thinking where somewhere deep down ...

I think all gambling involves a kind of magical thinking where somewhere deep down inside you believe wanting something to be strongly enough will make it be.

This is nonsense of course. But I believe we apply this same thinking in even the most prosaic of gambles; like speeding or eating things likely to disagree with us.

And I believe this mode of thinking exists because there is an evolutionary advantage in taking stupid chances.

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