{"product":{"product_id":"0307275175","title":"The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives","price":"15.69","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51jqj-Lkh8L._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307275175"},"comments":[{"body":"I wonder if a lot of movies would be viewed very differently if everyone watched the movie, weighed it in their own mind, before seeing any discourse about it? For instance, I feel sometimes the same type of things in a movie is at times viewed positively (e.g. an homage to the way the genre was done before) vs negatively (e.g. unrealistic and corny) just based on whether or not the public opinion is \"this movie is good\" or \"this movie is bad.\" \r\n\r\nAs an example- everyone pretty much hates the fridge scene in Indiana Jones 4. And all the criticisms of it are true. It is very unrealistic. And it is corny. But also, I'm not sure it isn't very similar to scenes in beloved movies like it. \r\n\r\nThere was an interesting study I read about in the book [The Drunkard's Walk](https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175) where 10 competent, but unknown songs, were chosen, and volunteers listened to them, and gave them a thumbs up or thumbs down rating. It was done in two ways- way 1 every participant got to see the rankings from the people who went before, and way 2 everyone listened to the songs and just ranked them. In way 1, songs ran away with many thumbs up or thumbs down, where in way 2, some songs came out as rated better than others, but they stayed much closer to the middle.","subreddit_name":"movies","author":"Weed_O_Whirler"},{"body":"Have read a few by leonard mlodinow. Started with The Drunkards Walk which was good, then read subliminal and Feynmans Rainbow. I would recommend them in that order.\r\n[Drunkards walk](The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307275175/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2XG595JEC6MJ6E9GVM4G)","subreddit_name":"engineering","author":"kmj442"},{"body":"Just tell them you hear voices and they’ll let you in (even if you don’t actually hear voices, they will not sniff out your “obvious” sanity as backed up by an actual study I read about once—once they think of you as being mentally ill, that perception will color every observation they make of you from then on. I too lazy to go looking for the book to give a proper reference, but iirc the book’s title was The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow. It was near 70% of the pages opened where he talked about it. Here’s the [link](https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175)","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"Harbinger1777"},{"body":"I was reading a math book from 2008, and it cited Trump as an example of negative return on investment. If you invested 10,000 with him, in 10 years you would have turned your investment into 600.\r\n\r\nHe was pegged as a failure YEARS before he opened his mouth politically, and was an example to be used in a math book.\r\n\r\nFor reference: https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175","subreddit_name":"politics","author":"CubeRootOf"},{"body":"Read [The Durnkard's Walk](https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DYPVYAEOST5R\u0026amp;keywords=the+drunkards+walk\u0026amp;qid=1576395979\u0026amp;sprefix=the+drunkards+walk%2Caps%2C232\u0026amp;sr=8-1) if you ever have time.  Randomness plays a much larger part in our lives than previously thought.","subreddit_name":"atheism","author":"cheap_dates"},{"body":"Read:  \r\n\r\n\u0026gt; https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175/ref=sr_1_1?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1511077999\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+drunkards+walk+how+randomness+rules+our+lives\u0026amp;dpID=41AmTHIRGpL\u0026amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_\u0026amp;dpSrc=srch","subreddit_name":"Anxiety","author":"wasabicupcakes"},{"body":"They refer to this in The Drunkard' Walk, but with pilots. (https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175)\r\n\r\nWe essentially have a skill level, but there are so many variables that some days you'll perform worse, some days you'll perform better. But overall, you'll tend to be closer to your normal skill level. ","subreddit_name":"truegaming","author":"DrunkMc"},{"body":"[The Drunkard's Walk](http://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175) was a pretty interesting read about how randomness and our poor psychological understanding of it affects so many things. Its in the same sort of genre as a Freakonomics or Blink type thing I'd say.","subreddit_name":"hiphopheads","author":"RampanTThirteen"},{"body":"[The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives](http://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175)\r\n\r\nI read this 5 or 6 years ago and really enjoyed it. Has a lot of math, but includes a lot of history and some psychology as well.\r\n\r\nFrom the Amazon page:\r\n\r\n\"By showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives us the tools we need to make more informed decisions. From the classroom to the courtroom and from financial markets to supermarkets, Mlodinow's intriguing and illuminating look at how randomness, chance, and probability affect our daily lives will intrigue, awe, and inspire.\"","subreddit_name":"TagProIRL","author":"uhhhgoogy"},{"body":"For further information, the book [The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives](http://www.amazon.ca/The-Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules/dp/0307275175) by Leonard Mlodinow contains a number of good examples of how humans have difficulties recognizing true randomness. For example, iTunes had to make the random play function less random in order to appear more random.","subreddit_name":"askscience","author":"MooseMalloy"},{"body":"Learn about randomness and how it demonstrates that it's impossible to beat the market without fluking out. I recommend The Drunkard's Walk. (http://www.amazon.ca/The-Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules/dp/0307275175)\r\n\r\nIt's written by the A Brief History of Time co-author Leonard Mlodinow but it's an incredibly easy read.","subreddit_name":"investing","author":"kjmac"},{"body":"Read [The Drunkard's Walk:How Randomness Rules Our Lives](http://www.amazon.com/The-Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules/dp/0307275175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1357670595\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+drunkard+walk).\r\n\r\nIt is a wonderful book on statistical analysis as well as some math history.  It is appoachable by both those with limited knowledge on the subjet as well as those that are already engrained in the subject.","subreddit_name":"IAmA","author":"[deleted]"},{"body":"If you're interested in math at all, I'd suggest The Drunkard's Walk by Mlodinow. It looks at the surprising role that randomness plays in, well, everything. Easy to read, given the sophisticated math at play.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175","subreddit_name":"books","author":"forthehumans"},{"body":"Yeah, I didn't understand that point really correctly until I read [The Drunkard's Walk](http://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Vintage/dp/0307275175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;s=books\u0026amp;qid=1280536145\u0026amp;sr=8-1).  People vastly underestimate the role of randomness in how things are.","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"ZeroBugBounce"},{"body":"[The Drunkard's Walk](https://www.amazon.com/Drunkards-Walk-Randomness-Rules-Lives/dp/0307275175) is a really good book for anyone struggling with self-doubt or anxiety over life choices.","subreddit_name":"neoliberal","author":"INuttedInHisWife"}]}