# Quote — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness

> What is easier to remember, a collection of facts glued together, or a story, something that offers a series of logical links? Causality is easier to commit to memory. ...What is induction exactly? ...It is very handy, as the general takes much less room in onel's memory than a collection of particulars. The effect of such compression is the reduction in the degree of detected randomness.

- Author: [Nassim Nicholas Taleb](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb.md)
- Book: [Fooled by Randomness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/fooled-by-randomness.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/fooled-by-randomness/what-is-easier

## More from this book

> The information that a person derived some profit in the past... by itself, is neither meaningful nor relevant. We need to know the size of the population from which he came. If the initial population is 10,000 managers, I would ignore the results.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/fooled-by-randomness/the-information-that.md)

> [B]ecoming more rational, or not feeling the emotions of social slights, is not part of the human race... not with our current biology. There is no solace to be found from reasoning...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/fooled-by-randomness/b-ecoming-more-rational.md)

> A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nassim-nicholas-taleb/fooled-by-randomness/a-mistake-is-not.md)