Assumptions Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“We like stories, we like to summarize, and we like to simplify, i.e., to reduce the dimensions of matters…the narrative fallacy is associated with…

— Nassim Taleb

The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Narratives can be misconstrued.

— Jordan Poole

“narrative bias—a bias in that when given the option, you prefer to give and receive information in narrative format.”

— David McRaney

Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and on the…

— Anonymous

“Story is one of the foundation stones of the human mind along with rhythm and chant. If a collection of facts lacks a narrative…

— Frank Vehafric

“I thought if you told people facts, they’d draw their conclusions, and because the facts were true, the conclusions mostly would be too. But…

— James S.A. Corey

“Taleb argued that the limitations of the human brain resulted in our species’ tendency to squeeze unrelated facts and events into cause-and-effect equations and…

— Brad Stone

“Don't you see, said Father, that you are confusing fiction with facts, fiction does not create facts, fiction can come from facts, it can…

— Rohinton Mistry

“Throughout the narrative you will find many statements that are obviously nonsensical and quite at variance with common sense. For the most part these…

— Robert Gilmore

“We pay attention to what works with our narrative. We tend to dismiss that which does not.”

— Harlan Coben

“Facts are important, but the story matters. Poorly presented facts can even get in the way of the story’s impact.”

— Blake Mycoskie