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... But they ought to be considered hallucinations, it's the same algorithm at work, we just are biased in favor of certain results.

Similarly, suppose I always roll dice to determine tomorrow's winning lottery-ticket number. Getting it right one day doesn't change the mechanism I used. Some people might assume I was psychic, but would be wrong.



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