One categorical: it is easier to fast than diet. You cannot be "slightly" kosher or halal by only eating a small portion of ham. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I'd rather live in a society where people complain about lawyers than one in which they don't.

Why do [people] confuse probability and expectation, that is, probability [vs.] probability times payoff? Mainly because much... schooling comes from examples in symmetric environments... the... bell curve... is entirely symmetric.

The true hero in the Black Swan world is someone who prevents a calamity and, naturally, because the calamity did not take place, does not get recognition or a bonus for it.