Remember that just as surgeons don't look like surgeons str… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Remember that just as surgeons don't look like surgeons strong men don't look like athletes in ancient Greek sculptures.

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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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Remember that just as surgeons don't look like surgeons strong men don't look like athletes in ancient Greek sculptures. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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