Evidence shows that we do much less thinking than we believ… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Evidence shows that we do much less thinking than we believe we do — except, of course, when we think about it.

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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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