Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
As the arguably second most influential economist of all time once described (Milton Friedman).
I suppose it's not obvious I'm first...

Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
Top mathematician Nassim Taleb would say that the small minority has disproportionate statistical impact (by a tremendous amount). It's called the Minority Rule. Perhaps this is an important reason why allowing people to make their own decisions yields significantly better results for the lowest rungs.
I wish I could create a branch of mathematics that resulted in me being able to disagree with everything without ever saying anything. That shit is genuinely smart. Strangely enough I spoke about this the other night with a friend but couldn't remember his name, only black swan theory shows he's doing his job.