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Black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on an ancient saying that presumed black swans did not exist – a saying that became reinterpreted to teach a different lesson after black swans were discovered in the wild./ c4 W0 h) f( e; F! f4 p M" L
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The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to explain:1 O% R# `) M$ }# n& v. ~
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1. The disproportionate role of high-profile, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance, and technology.! v# f5 R) J1 k, i& p/ q( ?
2. The non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to the very nature of small probabilities).
9 z; K( u3 A( g0 d4 u3 z; a3. The psychological biases that blind people, both individually and collectively, to uncertainty and to a rare event's massive role in historical affairs. |
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