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Maria Konnikova Quotes

b. 1984 United States

Maria Konnikova (born 1984) is an American writer. Konnikova has also worked as a television producer, poker player, and podcaster.

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The successful funds in any given year are mostly lucky; they have a good roll of the dice. There is general agreement among researchers that nearly all stock pickers, whether they know it or not— and few of them do— are playing a game of chance.

Your likelihood of slipping in a shower is orders of magnitude larger than your likelihood of being in a terrorist attack— but just try convincing someone of that, especially if they knew someone who died in the Twin Towers.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maria Konnikova (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.