
Some mugs still think the MMR injection gives children autism (it doesn't), while others are of the belief that we're ruled by billionaire lizard people. Tell us about views outside the mainstream which people go glassy eyed if you bang on about them (Your grandad's a racist - no need to tell us, thanks)
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( , Thu 25 Apr 2013, 12:06)
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I have a mate who will try to invoke it to win an argument, but when I ask him to explain it, he never does it satisfactorily. From what I can ascertain it seems to be the same thing as the gamblers fallacy.
( , Mon 29 Apr 2013, 14:49, 1 reply)

it is often used in the derogatory sense "David cameron is bound to be right sometimes, law of averages, mate"
in such, it is not a fallacy but a summary of a widely understood phenomenon in statistical probablities
( , Mon 29 Apr 2013, 15:10, closed)

Which is still a pretty good summary of Cameron's policies.
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