Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote

Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries, let alone revising their categories.


p.15 - The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007)


Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the...

Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the...

Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the...

Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the...