Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes About Ignorance

Quotes about: Ignorance

• Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Doe

• Information is bad for knowledge.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Information

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.142, Random House

• It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Together

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility"”, p.192, Random House

• Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Ignorance, Acceptance, Odds

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1421, Random House

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