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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;">Winners in a rigged game will consider the game fair as long as they keep winning</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal;">Winners in a rigged game will consider the game fair as long as they keep winning</span>=== | ||
Many people are prone to believing in the just-world fallacy - the notion that our victories and failures are just and the appropriate reward or punishment to our actions. People like to continue believing the world is fair even when they intellectually know that it is not. | Many people are prone to believing in the just-world fallacy - the notion that our victories and failures are just and the appropriate reward or punishment to our actions. People like to continue believing the world is fair even when they intellectually know that it is not. | ||