Math Mutation 276: Don't Believe the Math

Math Mutation by Erik Seligman

Feb 20, 202200:06:44Science & Medicine

We discuss Nassim Taleb's "Ludic Fallacy", the incorrect belief that simple mathematical models accurately predict the real world. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

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