Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, , wisdom, , and this post-heroic absence of agitation. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Under opacity, incomplete information, and partial understanding, much of what we don't understand is labeled "irrational".

People tend to whisper when they say the truth and raise their voice when they lie.

Bullish or bearish are terms used by people who do not engage in practicing uncertainty, like the television commentators, or those who have no experience in handling risk. Alas, investors and businesses are not paid in probabilities; they are paid in dollars. Accordingly, it is not how likely an event is to happen that matters, it is how much is made when it happens that should be the consideration.