What it refers to is people get the impression that they can control randomness.

准神奇式思考指的是人们认为,自己可以做出某些行动,解除原来的决定或改变历史

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I just have to confess, I don't know what the best thing to say about these cases, I find myself inclined to think reassembled watch, same watch; reassembled tower, not same tower.

我必须得承认，我不知道,究竟怎么样解释这些例子好，我发现自己还是觉得,重组的手表是原来的手表;,重搭的塔并非原来的塔。

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The board likes him; the CEO eventually retires CEO and they make this guy the CEO -the fraternity president we're talking about --CEO-- Now he's now the head guy--the CEO--and he'll bring in a number two guy that's a little dumber than he is because he doesn't want to be threatened.

董事会成员很喜欢他原来那个CEO在退休了,董事会成员就任命他为公司新一任的,-我们刚才一直说的那个学生会会长,现在他是公司的首脑了,他会提升一名比他更愚笨一些的直接下属,因为他不想自己的职位受到威胁。

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