Black swan Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Black Swan has three attributes: unpredictability, consequences, retrospective explainability.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“even a perceived impossibility, the existence of a black swan, might later be disproven.”

— Bobby Akart

“The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,”

— Brad Stone

“It's such a difficult lesson to understand that someone can be wrong in theory and yet right in practice--because we want the world to…

— Imran Ahmad

“It’s a phrase, black swan,” she said. “Means a totally unexpected event with a big impact. But one that seems predictable afterwards, with the…

— Mick Herron

“A Black Swan event has three important characteristics. 1. The event is unexpected, or considered improbable, to the observer. 2. The event has a…

— Rich Jolly

“I have my own theory: ignorance is bliss. The less you know, the more confident you can be in tackling things.”

— Stephen Richards

“With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.”

— Criss Jami

“Rationality doesn’t exist; right is absence of wrongness and wrong is what seems to be unfair.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“To understand that true wisdom is not about being right, it’s about the unintended consequences of our decisions.”

— Michael C. Grumley

“In fact, we are often more interesting and sympathetic as human beings when something has gone wrong than when we are convinced of our…

— Barbara Moses

“People don't seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.”

— William McFee