If you have been following the media reports of the misfortunes of the big
banks, you might find this paper by Nassim Nicholas Taleb interesting:
THE FOURTH QUADRANT: A MAP OF THE LIMITS OF STATISTICS
http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge257.html
Michael
Dr Michael Power BSc Hons, MB BCh, MD, DCH
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