One central idea of Kahneman’s book is that “our mind is strongly biased toward causal explanations and does not deal well with ‘mere statistics’” (182). This leads us to a wide variety of biases, fallacies, and illusions we commit as we think about the issues of the day.

Select the particular issue “The Lottery” and write an essay explaining to what extent the prevailing viewpoints are compromised by these cognitive problems.

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The Lottery Introduction Throughout history many societies have engaged in lotteries for a variety of reasons Soldiers have been drafted juries have been selected and organs for transplant all have be... View the full answer