
A conversation between Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Stephen Wolfram (July 2, 2021) [Part 1]
The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
Risk Management
Is the universe governed by definite laws, or are there occasionally miracles that go outside of those laws? I think that this is no the level of description. The guiding principle of the incerto is that if i have uncertainty, it's easier to make a decision under uncertainty than certainty. So soteeethe idea, uncertainty about the water, i won't drink from it. I drink from something else i have uncertainty. Ok. Now now come the if all doors lead to uncertainty. O probability. So that's the theory of miracles. We can discuss it's an interesting topicidot atit be very interesting to wonder whether it is complete andn most domains, with some exceptions.
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