You are about to buy a lottery ticket and you want to choose your favourite numbers 37, 18, 4, 7, 25, and 42. Your friend says that instead you should choose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This does not seem like a good choice to you so you just choose your favourite numbers. Why might you prefer your favourite numbers?
A)Your numbers follow a means-ends analysis.
B)Your friend's numbers are too divergent.
C)Your friend's numbers are too algorithmic.
D)Your favourite numbers are more available.
E)Your favourite numbers seem more representative of a random sequence.

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Your favourite numbers seem more representative of a random sequence, which might make them feel more "random" and thus potentially more likely to win in a random draw, despite the fact that all sequences are equally likely.

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