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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single feeding will firm up the bird’s belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race “looking out for its best interests,” as a politician would say. On the afternoon of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, something unexpected will happen to the turkey. It will incur a revision of belief.*”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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