Sentences with phrase «role of chance»

Since that time, he has written a long - form essay broken into three books: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, and Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.

1 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, 2nd ed., (New York: Thompson Texere, 2004), 61.

In addition, according with Stephen Jay Gould's insistence on the paramount role of chance in evolution, a priest friend of mine often takes the case a seemingly irreverent step further: with all the chance, chaos, entropy, violence, waste, injustice, and randomness in the universe, the project hardly seems very intelligent!

In this historical exhibition, selected works by de Kooning and Chamberlain will highlight each artist's meditation on the conditions of modernism and the central role of chance and fragmentation in their work.

Pittman's works probe the oblique role of chance in consciousness; the psychological influences of attraction and aversion interest Moline - Kramer.

One of the best books ever written on investing is — Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, by Nassim Taleb.

The major takeaway of Fitza's findings is that the overall value of the CEO effect is statistically small, compared with the role of chance.

What about the role of chance events, beyond the control of the CEO?

In fact allowances can also thus be made for the role of chance in the emergence of life and in the mutations that are required for the evolution of new species.

The acceptance of a role of chance in nature does not exclude a role for purpose.

Darwin's theory of the natural selection of chance variations put an emphasis on the role of chance in determining the order of nature in the living world.

The Darwinian alternative allowed no place for a monarchical God in charge of nature and put the spotlight on the role of chance.

In this section some attention is given to the role of chance in the universe at large.

The role of chance and indeterminacy, the specific choices of the natural selection process, and even possible alternative sets of physical laws would have caused a quite different world to evolve.

Although I would agree that a certain kind of teleology is present in the cosmos, I think the term «design» is too narrow and misleading in any discussion with those who emphasize the role of chance in evolution.

One is the role of chance, which takes many forms.

Though Weinstein said this didn't automatically mean the game wasn't gambling, the omission meant the role of chance in poker was up for debate.

Schaeffer, a true game lover — his two dogs are named Scrabble and Rummicub — intends to pit his poker program against two top players next week in a 500 - hand match designed to minimize the role of chance.

The role of chance as a contributing mechanism whether species dies out locally is not near as well investigated as is competition, and limited empirical data is available.

In a major study, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have studied the role of chance in whether a species survives or dies out locally.

The researchers have also studied a factor that counteracts the role of chance, known as negative frequency - dependence..

The movie Waiting for Superman chronicles the role of chance in determining the fate of a relatively small number of families trying to enroll their children in oversubscribed charter schools.

Wisely, things are otherwise kept clean and simple: there's no fog of war and the role of chance is kept in check, with tight damage ranges for the weapons and chance to hit always being zero, 50 or 100 per cent depending on the level of cover.

By inviting gravity to play a part in the production of the work, Burden questions the hand of the artist versus the role of chance.

This work by Aspasia Anos is represented by Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT Impermanence, transience, the potential of change and the role of chance in its origin and outcome...

This work by Aspasia Anos is represented by Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT Impermanence, transience, the potential of change and the role of chance in its origin and outcome are central themes of my work.

She favored no one, and her wheel's stages suggesting the role of chance in time's passage.

In addition to exploring the particular qualities of any given medium she employs, Shotz also embraces the role of chance in her systems - oriented practice.

The Abstract Expressionists called particular attention to the first half of the equation, the possibility of individual gesture, even while also making the roles of chance and artistic materials inescapable.

Basing his artistic vocabulary upon the shapes, forms and letters of Microsoft Word, Guyton has successfully embraced the role of chance and accident into his practice.

Brain Pickings examines Simone de Beauvoir's perspective on the role of chance and choice in life.

Her work tends to explore language, nature, the passing of time and the role of chance, control and collaboration.

Meticulous and labyrinthine drawings by Jerónimo Elespe (b. 1975) at Labor will explore ideas of mark making and violence, as well as the role of chance and chaos in the creative process.

From Cage, Steir learned the importance of «non-doing,» the role of chance, and the separation of ego.

Emanuel wrote at the time (and later confirmed in a study): «While we can already detect trends in data for global hurricane activity considering the whole life of each storm, we estimate that it would take at least another 50 years to detect any long - term trend in U.S. landfalling hurricane statistics, so powerful is the role of chance in these numbers.»

``... we estimate that it would take at least another 50 years to detect any long - term trend in U.S. landfalling hurricane statistics, so powerful is the role of chance in these numbers.»

In this book Dr. Kahneman says: «We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.