Fooled by Randomness
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Fooled by Randomness is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that explores how chance, probability, and cognitive biases shape financial markets and everyday life far more than people typically recognize.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12681728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fooled by Randomness Context triple: [Nassim Nicholas Taleb, notableWork, Fooled by Randomness]
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A.
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives is a popular science book by Leonard Mlodinow that explains the profound role of probability, randomness, and statistical thinking in everyday life and human decision-making.
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B.
Irrational Exuberance
Irrational Exuberance is an influential book by economist Robert J. Shiller that analyzes speculative bubbles in financial markets and warns about the psychological and structural factors driving asset price overvaluation.
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C.
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
Poor Charlie’s Almanack is a widely acclaimed collection of Charlie Munger’s speeches, essays, and wisdom on investing, decision-making, and multidisciplinary thinking.
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D.
The Alchemy of Finance
The Alchemy of Finance is a seminal book by investor George Soros that outlines his theory of reflexivity in markets and its implications for financial speculation and economic cycles.
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E.
The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fooled by Randomness Target entity description: Fooled by Randomness is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that explores how chance, probability, and cognitive biases shape financial markets and everyday life far more than people typically recognize.
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A.
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives is a popular science book by Leonard Mlodinow that explains the profound role of probability, randomness, and statistical thinking in everyday life and human decision-making.
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B.
Irrational Exuberance
Irrational Exuberance is an influential book by economist Robert J. Shiller that analyzes speculative bubbles in financial markets and warns about the psychological and structural factors driving asset price overvaluation.
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C.
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
Poor Charlie’s Almanack is a widely acclaimed collection of Charlie Munger’s speeches, essays, and wisdom on investing, decision-making, and multidisciplinary thinking.
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D.
The Alchemy of Finance
The Alchemy of Finance is a seminal book by investor George Soros that outlines his theory of reflexivity in markets and its implications for financial speculation and economic cycles.
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E.
The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
- F. None of above. chosen
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