Nassim Taleb, in his book, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improb- able," describes the term Black Swan as a rare, unknown event, which with hindsight is rationalised. Taleb talks about the human tendency to always find simplistic explanations for unknown events, what he calls the Black Swan theory. Is COVID-19 a black swan?

Is COVID-19 the Black Swan?

RUBULOTTA F
2020-01-01

Abstract

Nassim Taleb, in his book, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improb- able," describes the term Black Swan as a rare, unknown event, which with hindsight is rationalised. Taleb talks about the human tendency to always find simplistic explanations for unknown events, what he calls the Black Swan theory. Is COVID-19 a black swan?
2020
COVID 19
Junior doctors
Education
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