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November 22, 2007

Deep Thought Thanksgiving Thursday

Here it is, as promised:

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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.

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 6:15 PM | | Comments (1)
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Elizabeth Large, The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic, blogs about memorable meals, dining trends, comings and goings on the restaurant scene and more.
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