Naive empiricism, terrorism & Ebola.

Why it was recommended

Watch this to understand that we're talking about two different distributions

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What it covers

Nassim Taleb argues that evidence on terrorism risk presented in media is statistically naive, using extreme value theory without math to separate fat-tailed risks like. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

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Channel

N N Taleb's Probability Questions

Length

10 min 8 sec

Year

2017

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