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| Author | Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Incerto |
| Subject | Human knowledge, Statistics, Philosophy, Finance |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | 316 |
| ISBN | 0-8129-7521-9 |
| OCLC | 60349198 |
| 123/.3 22 | |
| LC Class | HG4521 .T285 2005 |
| Followed by | The Black Swan |
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. It was first published in 2001. Updated editions were released a few years later. The book is the first part of Taleb's multi-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, titled the Incerto, which also includes The Black Swan (2007–2010), The Bed of Procrustes (2010–2016), Antifragile (2012), and Skin in the Game (2018).