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Anecdotes et statistiques

Posted on 05.04.2009 by Stephanie Booth

[en]NNT explains very well (in The Black Swan) that anecdotes trump statistics. Giving numbers does not convince people deep down, sadly. Stories do. (Just think how scared many are of flying, or of sexual predators online, and you’ll see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Understanding life and the world | Tagged ald09, Anecdotes, exemple, femmes, histoire, modèle, narrative fallacy, narrativité, nnt, Psychology / Sociology, statistics, taleb, the black swan, women | 2 Comments

An Experiment (Seesmic and The Black Swan)

Posted on 05.01.2008 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Une de mes frustrations avec la lecture de livres c’est la difficulté que j’ai à partager le fruit de mes lectures en ligne. Recopier des citations c’est chiant! Donc là, une expérience. Utiliser Seesmic pour commenter ce que je suis … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Books, experiment, offline, online, reading, seesmic, sharing, taleb, the black swan, video, Videos | 8 Comments

Reading The Black Swan

Posted on 15.10.2007 by Stephanie Booth

[fr]Notes de lecture de “The Black Swan”, sur l’impact des événements hautement improbables.[en]One of the things I did yesterday during my time offline was read a sizeable chunk of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged blackswan, book, Books, essay, fear, impact, improbable, life, notes, philosophy, probability, Psychology / Sociology, reading, society, statistics, taleb | 6 Comments