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As Nassim Nicholas Taleb demonstrates brilliantly in his bestseller book The Black Swan, it's a total illusion to predict future from the past, as we most of the time tend to refer. Just to illustrate this, I've found these nice photos from nuxx that illustrates the point.

 Impossible from this shot to even guess where does come this incredible mixture:

Before a complete mix, it looked like that (just a detail that may help you guess : it's made of something every (decent) person is supposed to consume daily...

series taken from nuxx, 23 tubes and a bowl...

Quote of the day from Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Have you ever wondered why so many of these straight-A students end up going nowhere in life while someone who lagged behind is now getting the shekels, buying the diamonds, and getting his phone calls returned ?"

to know more about that idea and the controversy of Dr John vs. Fat Tony, READ The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb