# Disinformation and Fooled by Randomness

<https://nassimtaleb.org/2022/03/disinformation-fooled-randomness/>

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## What Jamie wrote

You cannot extrapolate broad assertions from specific details. I feel like I should reread [Fooled by Randomness](https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com). It has been a very long time, and still strikes me as one of Taleb's best books.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT218: Weekly Thing #218 / An unscheduled break](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/218/), Briefly

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