Is Alizée a Black Swan?
 

Nassim Taleb has recently released his new book on "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable". A Black Swan has three characteristics:

1. It is Unpredicted.
2. It Carries a Massive Impact.
3. After the fact, it is made to appear less random.

So, let's analyze this in terms of Alizée.

She was unpredicted.
She has had a massive impact.

Hmmh, not sure about that last one. What do ya'll think?


p.s. If any or our members are looking for a good gift for their engineer or technical significant other (or friend/family member),I would recommend this book. Even a physicist would find it entertaining (hint to Rocket).

interresting
and a black swan is beautiful, right?

I would say not. The implication is that Alizée is an ordinary, random occurrence that requires no explanation, and is given greater significance than she deserves merely because she is unexpected. I don't think that's true.

i have to say it is quite possible the she is but i'm not too sure i just find her to be a talented singer don't know abotui black swan quite possible though

(almost anything is possible just got to try as hard as you can)

since Alizee is unique we try to compare with such creatures so we would understand Alizee's uniqueness better imo

i'm gonna have to agree with Deepwaters, and its also unfortunate that she hasn't had a MASSIVE impact here in USA

I believe the answer is no.
Alizée is more like "a very beautiful white swan".

yes she is and a white swan is a grace from god. what's cool is that i remember that movie with the white swan (can't remember title) where at night the swan turns into a beautiful woman not my favorite movie but i guess it can relate to this thread.

I'd go for pink swan. :blink:

tell me what you mean by pink swan RMJ.