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The Ludic Fallacy Explained

The Incerto Podcast

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The Ludig Fallacy

The Ludig fallacy is the idea that life can sometimes be misunderstood if it's thought through the prism of games. The term was originally coined by Nissim and first came up in the black swan. It neatly fits into Taleb's worldview that life is not a series of games. We cannot fully and appropriately and accurately account For all of the possible outcomes, therefore we fall into the trap of the Ludig Fallacy.

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