Getting in the Zone Is a Thing

In the past, like ten years, there has been a lot of research coming out saying that hot and hot is a thing. But it turns out they didn't take into account that defences in basket ball will adjust their behavior based on the performance of the person who's streaking. So if you look at the data and you don't see a change, you see the same pattern despite the defence changing. It looks like they might have even made statistical errors themselves. There are critical variables that people are not taking into account when they try to do the math. The economic incentives actually foster this type of error because hely creates a landscape for work to be done which can be remunerated

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