The Power of Social Recommendation I
A small planting of a seed of a set of thoughts. Again, crystallised by Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s marvellous Fooled by Randomness – see ‘Taleb’ search link here.
It started when I read a comment that (paraphrasing, I think – short on time to pull up the page reference): ‘there is no scientific evidence that can convince them ore potently than a sincere and emotional testimonial’
That people patronize what other people like to do. Actors who ‘become known by some parts of the public because he is known by other parts of the public’
Just Seven Things 