http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/million-dollar-experiment-passes-100000/ Personal Development for Smart People Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/million-dollar-experiment-passes-100000/#comment-10098 Marcel Popescu Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:53:27 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=383#comment-10098 <strong>Ok, this does it...</strong> Ok, this does it…

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/12/million-dollar-experiment-passes-100000/#comment-10097 The Dan Experiment Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:44:12 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/?p=383#comment-10097 [...] Take Steve’s most recent million dollar blog entry. He recently received $10,000 as an inheritance from the passing of a grandfather. Would he have received this money had he not created the $1 million experiment? The probability of that is very high. Everything to create this situation has been building over many years. His grandfather saved money, his parents are generous to their children, everyone dies, and his grandfather had willed money to his parents. It is a logical conclusion that he would have received this money no matter what his goal or intentions were. Yet he sees this money as fulfilling his intention to make a passive $1 million. Had he not received this money he wouldn’t have said “My $1 million experiment was a failure because I didn’t receive any inheritance money from my grandfather.” This is a perfect example of confirmation bias. [...] [...] Take Steve’s most recent million dollar blog entry. He recently received $10,000 as an inheritance from the passing of a grandfather. Would he have received this money had he not created the $1 million experiment? The probability of that is very high. Everything to create this situation has been building over many years. His grandfather saved money, his parents are generous to their children, everyone dies, and his grandfather had willed money to his parents. It is a logical conclusion that he would have received this money no matter what his goal or intentions were. Yet he sees this money as fulfilling his intention to make a passive $1 million. Had he not received this money he wouldn’t have said “My $1 million experiment was a failure because I didn’t receive any inheritance money from my grandfather.” This is a perfect example of confirmation bias. [...]

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