[eriknstr]

> I made a chatbot that rolled dice, and it was constantly criticized for being "broken" because four 3's would come up in a row.

> These accusations would come up even though they (all being computer science majors) know it's possible (although unlikely) for these events to happen. They just don't trust the black box.

This reminds me of a talk [1] given at Game Developer's Conference (GDC) about the game Civilization, in which the Sid Meyer -- creator of said game -- spent a bit of the time talking about the difference between fairness and perceived fairness. The talk is only an hour long and worth watching.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ-auWfJTts

[vacri]

When your battleship is destroyed by a peasant with a pitchfork, there's not a lot of perceived fairness...