Nassim Nicholas Taleb

philosopher, statistician

Author of "The Black Swan" who coined "antifragile" and regularly deploys terms from probability theory and classical philosophy in equal measure.

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  1. 3 lindy

    n. an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh

    The Lindy effect suggests time filters quality.
  2. 4 heuristic

    adj. 1 helping to learn; guiding in discovery or investigation; 2 using or obtained by exploration of possibilities rather than by following set rules

    We use heuristics to simplify complex probability.

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