I play basketball so I am guilty of believing in hot hands. Its not that a person can't miss, but I feel there are days where you wake up feeling better then you normally do or you are just a little more focused then normal and are able to do the little things better than you normally can.
The popular media and self-help industry is rife with extraordinary claims. Alien experimentation, psychic detectives, mediums, ESP, extreme therapies and miracle products are all examples of how pseudoscience and the paranormal have become prevalent, popular and even an extremely lucrative enterprise. The majority of these examples defy the basic laws of science, logic and common sense yet they appeal to a large number of people. Here we will use science, specifically a psychological perspective to explore these popular theories and claims, and learn to think critically in order to be able to constructively evaluate them.
I play basketball so I am guilty of believing in hot hands. Its not that a person can't miss, but I feel there are days where you wake up feeling better then you normally do or you are just a little more focused then normal and are able to do the little things better than you normally can.
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