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Black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on an ancient saying that presumed black swans did not exist – a saying that became reinterpreted to teach a different lesson after black swans were discovered in the wild.
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The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain:& c' X- o6 A" \2 x: q/ S4 f
, a0 c3 [( U8 l1. The disproportionate role of high-profile, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance, and technology.
* y8 h! I# k4 j$ Y2. The non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to the very nature of small probabilities).
4 B% x* ?* X z- B& x3. The psychological biases that blind people, both individually and collectively, to uncertainty and to a rare event's massive role in historical affairs. |
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