Comments on: The Halo Effect http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/2007/08/28/the-halo-effect/ "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Dorothy Parker Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Terry Elliott http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/2007/08/28/the-halo-effect/#comment-100768 Terry Elliott Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:00:05 +0000 http://www.mcgeesmusings.net/2007/08/28/the-halo-effect/#comment-100768 Yes, this is also the message so forcefully put by Nicholas Taleb in his recent best seller, The Black Swan. It is also the message that political candidates and their hacks have gotten as well: frame the narrative and damn the truth. Thanks for the post. It is good to be reminded of Faulkner's famous observation, "Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. " Yes, this is also the message so forcefully put by Nicholas Taleb in his recent best seller, The Black Swan. It is also the message that political candidates and their hacks have gotten as well: frame the narrative and damn the truth.

Thanks for the post. It is good to be reminded of Faulkner’s famous observation, “Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other. “

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