Extreme results are usually followed by more ordinary ones — not because of what you did, but because luck evens out. Don't mistake the bounce-back for cause and effect.
What is regression to the mean? Read the full idea →Athletes 'decline' after a cover not from a curse, but because the cover followed a peak that was always going to come down.
A pilot screams after a terrible landing, the next is better, and concludes shouting works — it was just regression.
A salesperson's record month is usually followed by a normal one; nobody changed, the dice did.
Galton's original: very tall parents tend to have tall-but-less-extreme children.
People try a remedy when symptoms peak, then naturally improve, and credit the remedy.
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