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Thanksgiving Day Chart


From the turkey's perspective, this was unexpected.  Sometimes you just can't use past observed data - even a lot of it - to project future events:

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I obviously can't take credit for this brilliant chart: the idea comes from Nicholas Nassim Taleb's brilliant book, The Black Swan.  Taleb himself got the idea from Bertrand Russell's analysis of a chicken.

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But what happens when you regress the happiness to the mean?

Devils in my heart! Devils in my mind! Devils in my eyes! Devils until I die!
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by John Fischer on Nov 26, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions  

I’m not sure what the mean for all turkeys is.

by Hawerchuk on Nov 26, 2009 3:02 PM EST up reply actions  

And what is it that you’re implying …. That turkeys increase their happiness each day they live longer? It looks like 50 “happy points” per about 5 months.

by Jackson7 on Nov 26, 2009 2:50 PM EST reply actions  

I smoothed the line. Life as a turkey has its ups and downs.

by Hawerchuk on Nov 26, 2009 3:01 PM EST up reply actions  

I love the related stories… some Turkey v. Germany soccer action in there.

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by James Mirtle on Nov 26, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions  

Amazing.

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by eyebleaf on Nov 27, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions  

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