Energy Modeling as Gambling Addiction
22 hours ago Kip Hansen 85 Comments
By Emmet Penney at Nuclear Barbarians — 4 September 2024 — 550 words/4–5 minutes [Reposted with the author’s permission].
This is the moment I knew I could never step foot into a casino without getting fleeced by my own brain: a psychologist was on the radio explaining the cognitive difference between those likely to become addicted to gambling and normal people.
Say you’re at a slot machine, she told the interviewer, and you pull the lever. The wheels spin and then stop: you see two 7’s and a cherry.
If you’re normal, you say, “Aw man, I lost.”
If you’re predisposed to gambling addiction, you say, “I almost won!”
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