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julie_m · 20th Apr 2018, 11:52 am

I guess the lesson we can all learn from this is, even if you're really convinced something is not the problem, check it again anyway.

Is this a case of that System #1 / System #2 thing someone mentioned earlier rearing its ugly head again? I guess human beings are just generally lousy judges of probabilities. Which is why some bookmakers are still in business .....

20th Apr 2018, 11:52 am	#54
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Suspect Mains Transformer in 1930s Radio P.S.U. I guess the lesson we can all learn from this is, even if you're really convinced something is not the problem, check it again anyway. Is this a case of that System #1 / System #2 thing someone mentioned earlier rearing its ugly head again? I guess human beings are just generally lousy judges of probabilities. Which is why some bookmakers are still in business ..... __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.