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In the early 1980s, Amos Tversky and Thomas Gilovich began sifting through years of statistics from the Philadelphia 76ers. The psychologists looked at every single shot taken by every single player, and recorded whether or not that shot had been preceded by a string of hits or misses. All told, they analyzed thousands upon thousands of field goal attempts.
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The larger question, of course, is why confirmation bias exists.
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After analyzing all the shots of the 76ers, the psychologists discovered that there was absolutely no evidence of "the hot hand."
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