Nassim Nicholas Taleb: "We are prone to overestimate…"

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我们倾向于高估我们对世界的理解，并低估机会在事件中的作用。

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“The difference between doctors and patients is that doctors are far less likely to know wh...”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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