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Black Swan - II

 Today when I started writing this post, I was actually wondering what I have learnt from the book. Because this has been a book which is difficult to understand than the other books I have read. At that time Karun came to my room to collect his book, when he saw the copy of “The Black Swan”. He asked me about the content of the book. While discussing the book with him, I realized what I could write in the post.
“The Black Swan” is more of a philosophical book or rather it is a philosophical book – the author wanted to be a philosopher from childhood. As the tag line says, the book discussed the impact of the highly improbable. I completed the first part in the morning and there were times during the reading process where I felt I wasn’t able to grasp what the author was saying. In fact, it was Vaibhav who told me that even he had to read the book twice to understand the meaning of the book.
The author introduces various terms like Narrative Fallacy, Mediocristan and Extermistan Society, Antechamber of Hope, Silent Evidence, Ludic Fallacy. The way he explained Narrative Fallacy was really interesting – While narrating how we select only those facts that support the outcome. Other topics are also well detailed especially the Turkey’s example. 
Even the second part – “We just can’t predict” – has been worth every second spent on it. Here is one quote from the same -
Remember that we treat ideas like possessions, and it will be hard for us to part with them

Comments

Nikhil said…
3rd line..
"...time Karun came to my to collect ..."
to my what? house? office? girlfriend?
or is it 'me'?

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