Tag: Fooled By randomness
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How to Fool Randomness
Randomness, they tell you, is the final law, the chaotic heartbeat behind the facade of order. Everything we see, everything we touch, they say, is the product of chance. The dice are always rolling, the particles always dancing in their unpredictable ballet, and we, the witnesses, have no choice but to watch as reality collapses…
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Taken In By probability
Ah, the myth of destiny—that sweet nectar for the ego. The libertarian foundational story is laced with this idea, isn’t it? Not just the belief in freedom but the deeper, more insidious conviction that those who “make it” were always meant to make it. The idea that they are chosen. Special. Not a product of…