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The law of large number under fat tails (Micro Mooc)

The law of large number under fat tails (Micro Mooc)

(Explains some of the bullshit in social science)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ekenKK_jE

Law of Large Numbers and Fat Tails, Technical Note #3

Micro Mooc #3. The law of large numbers is too slow under fat tails. This is a simplified (but technical) presentation of a segment of “Probability and Risk …

via The law of large number under fat tails (Micro… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Friends, thanks to the requests, here is the first in a mini-tutorial series. Subject: Fat Tails.

Friends, thanks to the requests, here is the first in a mini-tutorial series. Subject: Fat Tails.
corrected video version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45E8_jkyJc&feature=youtu.be
Mini Tutorial 1, Fat Tails Simplified in 8 1/2 minutes
A quick tutorial introducing the idea of Fat Tails in about 8 minutes, as simply as possible. Fat Tails make us understand the world much less than we think.

via Friends, thanks to the requests, here is… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Facebook.