Illusion of Control: The Superstitious Mind at Work

Have you ever pressed a crosswalk button multiple times, convinced it would make the light change faster? Or perhaps you roll the dice a little harder when you need a high number in a board game? These tiny, irrational actions are symptoms of a profound psychological necessity: the absolute refusal to accept that we are at the mercy of chance. The Illusion of Control is the cognitive bias that m...