[AndyJackson]

What is really funny about Taleb is how many people who hear the words Black Swan and think they understand what he is saying.

His really good book, published earlier, was "Fooled By Randomness." "Black Swan" is a title obviously chosen by the publisher to sell a popular book. I found it almost unreadable compared to "Fooled by Randomness" which I think one of the most important books of our time - I try to get all of my scientific colleagues to read it.

[Stentor]

I found it almost unreadable compared to "Fooled by Randomness" which I think one of the most important books of our time - I try to get all of my scientific colleagues to read it.

I'm not a scientist and I read it. I am smart enough to know that I didn't "get" everything.