Deep Thought Thanksgiving Thursday
Here it is, as promised:
To explain the fallacy of inductive reasoning, or generalizing from past events, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of The Black Swan, uses the example of the Thanksgiving turkey, who thinks humans have its best interests at heart because every day they feed him and take care of him. And the more days pass, the more evidence accumulates that they do -- until, of course, Wednesday afternoon.
Comments
That last line almost caused a terrible coffee in the keyboard accident.
Posted by: Janet | November 24, 2007 8:34 AM