Nassim Nicholas Taleb
@nntaleb
Flaneur: probability (philosophy), probability (mathematics), probability (real life), deadlifts & dead languages. GrecoRomanLevantine (Canaan). #RWRI#
Joined September 2011
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Noise tends to grow in a concave way (for a Gaussian, sqrt[t]), signal adds up linearly. So over the long run signal tends to swamp noise.
@nntaleb Nassim, could you please give a small real world example of noise being self-cancelling? I have many and love all of your books (the ones I can understand) but it's always great to get a real example from you for my marshmallow brain!
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