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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Quotes: The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....
         

The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....


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