Talk:Optimism bias

Latest comment: 9 days ago by A Shortfall Of Gravitas in topic And gambling?


Peer-Review Letter

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The article has a strong lead that clearly defines the term giving the reader a strong foundation on which to build should the reader be interested in further investigating the term while still refraining from giving too much information should the reader simply want to understand the term. I was very impressed by the verbiage that was used in the article and the articles ability to stay neutral. A change I would suggest to this article would be to add a cause section as this would help the reader understand how this condition comes to be and help the reader understand the rest of the material discussed in the article. I noticed the lead started to bring in concepts that were discussed in the body of the article and I think this can help a great deal in strengthening the article I am working on! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aewlarsen (talkcontribs) 05:44, 21 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

And gambling?

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Strikes me as odd that the most obvious example [to me] of this phenomenon, the 'addicted' or 'compulsive' gambler, is overlooked in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.151.210.84 (talk) 17:35, 26 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Probably because that's more of a psychologist-designed dog-and-bell conditioning that preys on the poor who can't purchase anything useful with what they have left in their wallet 90% of the month anyway and also on the inability of people to understand the most common case "win" (getting your dollar back on a scratch off) as a non-win. They sell those tickets at places that sell cigarettes and alcohol to make sure they're marketing to the proper crowd as well; those prone to addiction in the first place. Take a good look into the eyes of the next old guy you see at a gas station buying 20 scratch off tickets with all the money he has then coming in to buy more with whatever he got back and see if you can find the optimism... I never could. --A Shortfall Of Gravitas (talk) 05:30, 15 November 2024 (UTC)Reply