“Remember that **every time you average, add or multiply something, you are losing information**. Remember also that **a single rogue outlier can lead to an extraordinary distortion of reality** – just as [[Bill Gates]] can walk into a football stadium and raise the average level of wealth of everyone in it by $1m.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[fooled-by-randomness]] , [[problem-with-averages]] **Source** -- [[202407221554 - B - Alchemy]]