Sentences with phrase «wonderful explanation machines»

Among many wise things that Nassim Taleb wrote in The Black Swan, one was this: «[O] ur minds are wonderful explanation machines, capable of making sense out of almost anything, capable of mounting explanations for all manner of phenomena, and generally incapable of accepting the idea of unpredictability.»

As Nassim Taleb wrote, «Our minds are wonderful explanation machines, capable of making sense out of almost anything, capable of mounting explanations for all manner of phenomena, and generally incapable of accepting the idea of unpredictability.»