The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact oppos… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.

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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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If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.

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