Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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The rebound effect in random event generators causes them to produce more of a specific result when a user expects or wants that result.
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There's no established rebound effect by that name in the parapsychology literature on random event generators. The broader research program this comes from, Princeton's PEAR lab, failed to replicate its own results, was not replicated by independent attempts at two German labs and by a York University researcher, and mainstream science treats the whole body of work as discredited.
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Is it true that the rebound effect in random event generators causes them to produce more of a specific result when a user expects or wants that result?
No, not as stated. There's no established rebound effect by that name in the parapsychology literature on random event generators. Jesse Michels said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 17:55. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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