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IN a communication in Nature, Mr. H. C. A. Dale1 made some interesting suggestions about the relationship between subjective probability, intelligence and the tendency to gamble. Certain experiments of our own in the realm of subjective probability may throw further light on this complex question.
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COHEN, J., HANSEL, C. Subjective Probability, Gambling and Intelligence. Nature 181, 1160 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811160a0
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