[Metaphors] replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up.
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Amos Tversky
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Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
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It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.
Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not "corrected" as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted.