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nbnewell · Unfettered Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 548

[SL] Black Swan

**Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:46 am

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I was gonna take over the world, but I got distracted by something shiney.

Wittgenstein

I have a relevant entry in my livejournal where I discuss the connection between Taleb's fallacies and our experiences thusfar.

Check out the confirmation bias at work here - in my knowledge & reality philosophy course, we just covered Hume's problem of induction. Coincidence? I think...maybe...not? I dunno yet. Wink

**Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:52 am

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L.W.

what can be said at all can be said clearly; and whereof one cannot speak
thereof one must be silent.

the noise of the street enters the house.

nbnewell · Unfettered Joined: 21 Jul 2007 Posts: 548

I forgot to add that one. Was hoping to pick it up at the library if they have it. or at least find more information on it.

Nassim Taleb's Black Swan:The Impact of the Highly Improbable

**Posted:** Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:59 am

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I was gonna take over the world, but I got distracted by something shiney.