Brain Teaser Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

This branch of mathematics [Probability] is the only one, I believe, in which good writers frequently get results which are entirely erroneous.

— Charles Sanders Peirce

“It is somewhat difficult for the mind, which is accustomed to weighing the odds, to make a decision where probability is not, as it…

— Jake Yaniak

“I know that the chances for success are slim. [...] But odds are mathematical formulas calculated to give people a reason not to try.”

— Jude Watson

The casinos believe in math (and I don't mean numerology).They believe in the power of percentages and short pays, not in the power of…

— Frank Scoblete

Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.

— William Godwin

“The probabilitation of possibilities is the mother of many unrealistic ideas,uninformative decisions,inappropriate measures and unfair actions because most of the times we were approximate…

— Mpho Leteng

“... there is no magical formula to beat the casino. None. Save your money. Save yourself from the cons of an author and the…

— John-Talmage Mathis

“If you think your odds of solving your problem are bad, don’t rule out the possibility that what is really happening is that you…

— Scott Adams

“While the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“people gamble to lose money. They come to the casinos for the moment in which they feel alive, to ride the spinning wheel and…

— Neil Gaiman

“Mathematics is not just a “numbers game,” it is a way of thinking.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Don’t mistake possibilities for probabilities.”

— Ray Dalio