The chapter we read was about randomness and chance.\u00a0 I especially liked the part with the fighter pilot instructors, and how the successes and fails of the trainees are more random chance than getting better or worse.\u00a0 I also found interesting the part about the Star Wars movies and how they speculate one would bring in more revenue than the other.\u00a0 I feel like whichever had the better trailer would win out in the end.\u00a0 But the experts say that people just randomly gravitate towards one or the other, and that I can understand too.\u00a0 If one person randomly sees a movie, then they recommend it to their friends, and all their friends see that one, and more and more people go to the one over the other.\u00a0 Makes sense to me.\u00a0 Random things happen to everyone everyday, so this book can relate to anyone who reads it.\u00a0 I wouldn’t mind learning more about the psychology behind randomness, maybe I’ll finish the book when I have time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The chapter we read was about randomness and chance.\u00a0 I especially liked the part with the fighter pilot instructors, and how the successes and fails of the trainees are more random chance than getting better or worse.\u00a0 I also found … Continue reading