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Smelling fishy
One of the things I half-believed, when I was still "open minded" about certain things, was that I could influence, or at least "predict" Simpsons episodes. Not reliably, but I would think of a Simpsons episode, and it would come on that night or the next.
I thankfully came to realise that:
A) I have an embarassingly large accumulation of Simpsons knowledge ,
2) I have a natural proclivity to compare events to cultural references, and
3) I watch two Simpsons reruns each night.
I later learned of the human tendency to notice "hits" and not "misses", and that cinched it- no powers.
However- if I had kept a log of times I "thought" spontaneously of a particular episode, and I kept track at the same time of every episode I saw, what would a "better than chance" result look like, percentage-wise?
I thankfully came to realise that:
A) I have an embarassingly large accumulation of Simpsons knowledge ,
2) I have a natural proclivity to compare events to cultural references, and
3) I watch two Simpsons reruns each night.
I later learned of the human tendency to notice "hits" and not "misses", and that cinched it- no powers.
However- if I had kept a log of times I "thought" spontaneously of a particular episode, and I kept track at the same time of every episode I saw, what would a "better than chance" result look like, percentage-wise?
