Are we in the "matrix"? Nassim Taleb
say yes.
In his book reveals how we deceive ourselves with our methods to build certainty. By exposing the inconsistencies of our methods both in the theoretical and empirical results. In disciplines such as statistics or economics.
But a book is not hopeless, as the author suggests strategies for winning in a world full of uncertainty. Sustaining: the important impact of the improbable, the preponderance of the scale distributions of normal distributions and the inductive fallacy.
The Black Swan is a scholarly work and risky, which contains not only a scientific theory, but is itself a critique of the state of education and the professions, a journey through the contemporary world, a reminder of many scientists forgotten life experience and above all a call to take on the world in a more honest, realistic and aware.
worth reading, unless this very comfortable in their certainties.
Reading Time A month
Title The Black Swan
Original title The Black Swan
Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
ISBN 8449321891
Editor Paidos
Price $ 90,000 (COP)
Value $ 120,000 (COP)
Referred by Rafael Lopez
National Library Google Books
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