Because what matters in life isn't how frequently one is ri… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Because what matters in life isn't how frequently one is right about outcomes, but how much one makes when one is right. Being wrong, when it is not costly, doesn't countin a way thats similar to trial-and-error mechanisms of research.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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