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"Who would you dine with? Scott or Amundsen?" Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford in Discussion.

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Scott and Amonson's Diaries, Isn't It Fun?

Malcolm gladwell: Who do you think is more confident in their heart of pulling it off? Does scott think he has aa realistic chance? I think, without a doubt, alminson. Scott is worried about aminson from from the start. The main risk to amanson is that he's so eager, he starts too early,. He hits bad weather, and so there's a false start. But once he really gets going, there's never really any doubt. It could not be more different the impressiona their painting of themselves in their diaries. Now, maybe their experiences were more similar than their diaries described, although i cannot suspect not.

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