» David Hume http://weeyoung.me Conjuring Magic out of the Hat - courtesy of Wee Young, Chua Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:26:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Black Swan http://weeyoung.me/2010/01/black-swan/ http://weeyoung.me/2010/01/black-swan/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:06:08 +0000 wee young chua http://shmooze.weeyoung.com/?p=141
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    • ]]>     No amount of observations of white swan can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan can refute that conclusion. – David Hume (1711-76)

    Was reading “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell and came across this quote which I found pretty enlightening.

    From my perspective, things are unpredictable, especially human nature. Its also similar in a certain sense to the quote on “What will go wrong will go wrong”. I guess I am the type that will prepare for the existence of the black swan than continue hoping that all swans remain white.

    Cheers.

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