http://www.regulatorysolutionsgroup.com/risk-management/2007/12/02/veiled-truths/ Manage the risks that REALLY matter Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:02:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.regulatorysolutionsgroup.com/risk-management/2007/12/02/veiled-truths/#comment-18 Ireneo Funes Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:06:37 +0000 http://www.regulatorysolutionsgroup.com/risk-management/2007/12/02/veiled-truths/#comment-18 I'm skeptical about the power of fiction to reveal truth. The moment you begin to look for "truth" in a story, you are reducing the work to a model; this process is just as susceptible to Taleb's ludic fallacy. A work can certainly be read in this way, but any truth that is found can only be a reading. I’m skeptical about the power of fiction to reveal truth. The moment you begin to look for “truth” in a story, you are reducing the work to a model; this process is just as susceptible to Taleb’s ludic fallacy. A work can certainly be read in this way, but any truth that is found can only be a reading.

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