Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the field of statistics is based on something called the law of large Numbers: as you increase your sample size, no single observation is going to hurt you.

塔勒布：统计学学科的基础建立在所谓大量数字的规则性上：只要你增大样本容量，没有任何单个的观测结果能损害到你的理论。

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That's because Apple's profit, seemingly defying the law of large Numbers, keeps growing faster than the share price.

因为苹果的盈利能力，公司利润增长超过了股价的升幅，看来它似乎是否定了股市中的大数定律。

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If they're sort of doing their job right, they're actually diversifying away all the risk and relying on the law of large Numbers.

如果他们工作得当，那么他们其实是规避了所有的风险，而且依赖大数定理。

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If they're sort of doing their job right, they're actually diversifying away all the risk and relying on the law of large numbers.

如果他们工作得当，那么他们其实是规避了所有的风险,而且依赖大数定理。

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A casino does not have a risk that the law of large numbers will be repealed and a roulette table will be a long-term losing proposition or a craps table will be a long-term losing proposition.

一个赌场不会有,大数定理被替代,或者轮盘赌和,双骰赌博会是长期亏本买卖的风险。

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Bubbles have their reasons but the law of averages when combined with the law of large numbers means that bubbles go pop!

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