(J)ust as we tend to underestimate the role of luck in life… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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(J)ust as we tend to underestimate the role of luck in life in general, we tend to overestimate it in games of chance.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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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(J)ust as we tend to underestimate the role of luck in life in general, we tend to <i>overestimate</i> it in games of chance. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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