[MD] E=mc2: maybe not

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In my opinion, Taleb makes way too many assumptions that lead to false conclusions.  His hindsight logic only proves that he can only look backwards.  I can make any number of statements that way.  That big changes are unpredictable needs to be proven through experimentation, not through history lessons.

Mark

On Oct 3, 2011, at 12:15 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

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> So cool is Taleb!!!   His book should be required reading for one and all...   
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> On Oct 3, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Steven Peterson wrote:
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>> Taleb would remind us that "All swans are white" was as well confirmed
>> as any theory in history until the first black one was found.
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>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:06 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>>> Greeting,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> One more time I hear "Quantum Mechanics is the best confirmed physical theory in history."    Oh really?    Ahhh, will it have an impact on Roger Penrose's Quantum Consciousness?
>>> 
>>> Anyway, I just ordered at two-volume dvd set with David Chalmers the major Contributor.  Here's the trailer for anybody interested:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBo3h3-WrLM
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