Dr. Michael Zhang

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1,042 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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And when these things happen, gambling starts looking and feeling like the solution to those money problems.

Because it is possible.

Yeah.

It is possible to win.

And then we start tricking ourselves believing, okay, even if I just had a dollar, I can turn that into 10.

I can turn that into

hundred, I can keep going.

And the reason I might believe that is because I've seen it happen before.

And I'm relying on that almost like a like a template, like, hey, if it happened before, it could happen again.

And if it does happen, it could actually solve the problem.

But even for people who do get back the money, they keep going.

Yeah.

So it never solves the problem.

It's a very interesting addiction in a sense, compared to all the others, I believe.

It's a very fascinating one because of how it can trick and trap our minds in a very different

It is definitely overridden and because part of the solution is you get to the point where all of those losses, they are inevitable.

And you see that and you feel that and that means something to you.

Different to what the early winning experiences were like.

And it's funny because we'd say, well, in theory, shouldn't anyone who keeps gambling

Once they see that their losses outweigh their wins, once the losses keep escalating and increasing, shouldn't that be enough to just stop people?

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