That blind spot is exactly what causes most casual sports fans to empty their accounts over the course of a single season because emotional loyalty completely overrides basic math. I used to fall into that exact same trap every single time my favorite club played a rival, convinced that sheer willpower and team spirit would somehow magically overcome a vastly superior opponent. It wasn't until I started studying the cognitive biases behind fandom on
that I finally understood how our minds manipulate data to justify our emotional attachments.
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