How to Flawlessly Predict Anything on the Internet

29 Jul 2014 • medium.com

This is a modern update to a classic confidence game—find a risky scenario with limited possibilities, bet on every single combination, and then hide your failures. The result is that you look like you’re either psychic or a goddamned genius.

Variations of this scam have been used for centuries in finance, magic, and gambling.

Great read. I’ve seen this scam on TV shows before.

Via Michael Tsai