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[–] Awkwardparticle@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It sounds so stupid when you break it down like that.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And yet the gambler's fallacy hits pretty hard to a lot of people. I know I struggle with it. We as a species tend to organize our world in the form of narrative and intents. Randomness kinda fucks with us in that regard.

That said, the rapture part is stupid. But there's also more to it. When Prophecy Fails is a famous book on the topic