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The Longer Something Doesn't Happen, the Sooner It Will
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arthurbrown
2y ago
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its-summertime
2y ago
> This is often referred to as the "Laws of Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)"
The link makes no mention of "law", and does not say anything about if the prediction is accurate.
jj999
2y ago
Also called the gambler's fallacy.
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