S2E15: Pseu Pseu Pseudo (or, Luck Outperforms Talent)

Show Notes

On Amazon: The Drunkard’s Walk by Leonard Mlodinow

Scientific American article about the Talent vs. Luck study

Misha is now Mister Stochastic and Damon is now Sergeant Shuffle.

Listener Challenge

Get yourself a nom de game. Use our tables or make up your own.

1 Doctor1 Random
2 Professor2 Chance
3 Magister3 Haphazard
4 Senator4 Aleatoric
5 Judge5 Stochastic
6 Mister6 Shuffle
7 Reverend7 Dice
8 Ambassador8 Slapdash
9 Captain9 Happenstance
10 Sergeant10 Mixage
11 Mayor11 Topsy-Turvy
12 Father12 Surprise

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Virtual d12


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