Psychology
Why soccer goalies dive even when staying put works better
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Doing something stupid feels vastly superior to doing nothing at all. Action bias proves that humans would rather take proactive, useless steps than sit idly. Statistically, goalies block more penalty kicks if they stay dead center, but standing perfectly still looks lazy on camera, so they fling themselves sideways just to look like they tried.
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