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The Black Swan

Hosted by:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Speaker:
Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Dean’s Professor in the Sciences of Uncertainty at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst
Starts:
March 06, 2008 at 05:30 pm
Ends:
March 06, 2008 at 08:00 pm
Location:
London School of Economics, Clement House, Hong Kong Theatre, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE United Kingdom
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Description

Professor Taleb will discuss the dominant role of the low probability, high impact events in historical, cultural and soci-economic life, and the cognitive and scientific biases behind our blindness with respect to the improbable, based on his book The Black Swan (Allen Lane, 2007).

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the Dean’s Professor in the Sciences of Uncertainty at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

This event is organised in association with the LSE SU Philosophy Society, and supported by the LSE Annual Fund.

Registration required:
No
Free:
Yes

Additional information

This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.

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Website:
The Black Swan
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