Klaas — “Nudge.” We are seduced by pundits and data…”

Source: Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters — Brian Klaas

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From: Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters — Quotes


nudge.” We are seduced by pundits and data analysts, soothsayers who are often wrong, but rarely uncertain. When given the choice between complex uncertainty and comforting—but wrong—certainty, we too often choose comfort. Perhaps the world isn’t so simple. Can we ever understand a world so altered by apparent flukes?