Consider a turkey that is fed every day. Every single feeding will firm up the bird’s belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race “looking out for its best interests,” as a politician would say. On the afternoon of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, something unexpected will happen to the turkey. It will incur a revision of belief. #NassimNicholasTaleb

- June 14, 2023

Every single feeding will firm up the [turkey's] belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day by friendly members of the human race [...] On the afternoon of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, something unexpected will happen to the turkey. #NassimNicholasTaleb
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