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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." v% g- d5 m: i2 o
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The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain:" Y' w3 A- L4 I' [- f+ v
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2. The non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to the very nature of small probabilities).
0 T( z: X9 I. N: C9 n3. 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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