The casino is the only human venture I know where the probabilities are known, Gaussian (i. e., bell-curve), and almost computable. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

The casino is the only human venture I know where the probabilities are known, Gaussian (i. e., bell-curve), and almost computable.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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