Aim off-center to counter a bias

I'm pretty bad at bowling and frisbee. I roll the ball or throw the disc straight at the target, but away it curves. After this happens a couple times, I adjust. I stop aiming straight, since that's not working. If it always curves to the left, I aim to the right. It feels wrong to aim away from the target. But it curves back to the center. It works. Same with thoughts. I try to think straight. But sometimes my thoughts miss. Twice I under-estimated how long a project would take. So now ...

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