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Ben Cohen


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Ben Cohen is a sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He writes about the NBA, the Olympics and other topics that don't involve extraordinarily athletic people. He lives in New York with his wife and their cat. The Hot Hand is his first book.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 1,273 ratings · 134 reviews · 3 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Hot Hand: The Mystery a...

3.74 avg rating — 1,231 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions
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The Art of Winning

3.39 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011
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An Illustrated History of D...

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“When we see holes in our theories, or contradictions, or anomalies, we should be bothered by these things rather than trying to explain them away,” he says. That capacity for discomfort is the mark of an honest scientist. Gelman believes that people in his profession have to seek out challenges to their own beliefs. They have to be willing to change their minds.”
Ben Cohen, The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks

“Talent is important, but circumstance is imperative, and circumstance beats talent when talent doesn’t have circumstance.”
Ben Cohen, The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks

“But that was the one convenient thing about fighting a war against people attracted to evil causes: a great many of them were fools.”
Ben Cohen, The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks



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