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the intuition that acting presumptuously makes a bad outcome more likely, because a bad outcome after such an act comes easily to mind.

In social psychology, tempting fate refers to the intuition that acting presumptuously makes a bad outcome more likely, because a bad outcome after such an act comes easily to mind. This meaning comes from Risen (2008) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Risen, J. L., & Gilovich, T. (2008). Why people are reluctant to tempt fate. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(2), 293-307. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.95.2.293

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