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That doesn’t sound like a plausible answer to me. | That doesn’t sound like a plausible answer to me. | ||
Anomalies, as depicted in scientific literature, are fleeting imbalances; momentary disruptions in the established order which dissipate so quickly as to not be reliably measurable, and thus do not falsify existing orthodoxy. We dismiss anomalies with platitudes such as “stuff | Anomalies, as depicted in scientific literature, are fleeting imbalances; momentary disruptions in the established order which dissipate so quickly as to not be reliably measurable, and thus do not falsify existing orthodoxy. We dismiss anomalies with platitudes such as “stuff happens” or “this is the exception that proves the rule". | ||
A fifteen-year, 50 billion dollar fraud involving one of the most respected figures in the industry, publicly trailed by magazine articles and a privately prosecuted by the concerted, detailed, and relentless efforts of a small group of professionals is not an “anomaly”. It simply isn’t credible to put this down to an unfortunate confluence of improbable human errors. | A fifteen-year, 50 billion dollar fraud involving one of the most respected figures in the industry, publicly trailed by magazine articles and a privately prosecuted by the concerted, detailed, and relentless efforts of a small group of professionals is not an “anomaly”. It simply isn’t credible to put this down to an unfortunate confluence of improbable human errors. | ||