The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto, #2)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

40 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.07 m, or 6 feet 9): 1 in 32,000 50 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.17 m, or 7 feet 1): 1 in 3,500,000 60 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.27 m, or 7 feet 5): 1 in 1,000,000,000 70 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.37 m, or 7 feet 9): 1 in 780,000,000,000 80 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.47 m, or 8 feet 1): 1 in 1,600,000,000,000,000 90 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.57 m, or 8 feet 5): 1 in 8,900,000,000,000,000,000 100 centimeters taller than the average (i.e., taller than 2.67 m, or 8 feet 9): 1 in 130,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 … and,