Skye: NNT is one of the clearest thinking agnostics in the world today. Although he would call himself an Empirical Skeptic. I found The Black Swan to be highly credible even though it was difficult at times to follow the convoluted explanations. He does make a good point that most of our significant events have been completely unforeseen. But he makes an even better point when he casts aspersions on so-called “experts” in our world.
Skye: NNT is one of the clearest thinking agnostics in the world today. Although he would call himself an Empirical Skeptic. I found The Black Swan to be highly credible even though it was difficult at times to follow the convoluted explanations. He does make a good point that most of our significant events have been completely unforeseen. But he makes an even better point when he casts aspersions on so-called “experts” in our world.
I wrote this in response to his “expert” chapter:
http://natomaschurch.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/standing-up-to-the-experts/
Mike