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Thought experiments and other tools a philosopher uses to reason carefully.
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Nozick on objectivity and what stays invariant across perspectives
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Rare, unforeseen, high-impact events drive history, explained only after the fact.
“The message of The Black Swan is how important it is to realize that the things everyone rules out can still come to pass.” — Howard Marks
Source: Oaktree memo 'The Limits to Negativism'
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