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Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for.

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Amos Tversky
Age: 59 †
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Died: 1996
Died: June 2
Cognitive Psychologist
Economist
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