Belief systems are so important in our own species that the ability to produce apparently consistent belief systems that are allegedly in everyones interest when they are really biased towards your own has had to have been a major selective force for some time
Robert L. Trivers - What Do We Know

The other speaker in this session was Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of "Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life." The question and answer period for these talks is included in this program.