Fooled by Randomness
Also known as Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
A work by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, first published in 2001
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What korrents draws from it
Heroes are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost, Probability is accepting the limits of our knowledge and dealing with our ignorance, Mild success can come from skill and labor; wild success comes from variance …
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- There are 4 claims from it on korrents, each quoted word for word.
- A scan of the edition quoted can be read or borrowed on the Internet Archive.
Key facts
- First published
- 20012
- Edition korrents quotes
- Random House, 2005 edition; copyright 20043
- Claims on korrents
- 41
What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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Heroes are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost (opens korrents.com)1
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Probability is accepting the limits of our knowledge and dealing with our ignorance (opens korrents.com)1
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Mild success can come from skill and labor; wild success comes from variance (opens korrents.com)1
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Not being rational, one is prone to drown in randomness (opens korrents.com)1
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Links
Sources
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Random House, 2005 edition; copyright 2004) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- Fooled by Randomness, Q5392879 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Random House, 2005 edition; copyright 2004) (archive.org) (opens archive.org)
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