A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion leth — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion leth — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion leth — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion leth — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion leth — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion lethal. So it needs to be used with care, moderation and close adult supervision.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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