See the original post here. The post describes an interview with a birder and a doctor. They discuss similarities between pattern recognition in bird identification, medical diagnosis and business. Here’s an insightful quote:
HBR: Does randomness have a role to play in birding?
Sibley:
Even then these vagrant birds (ones not expected to be in a certain location) tend to show up in places that have a pattern of rare birds turning up. So they’re probably not random occurrence but a pattern we haven’t worked out yet.
ThinkingAnalytically discussion starters:
- Can you think of a time that an apparent set of random data turned out to be an undiscovered pattern? What was it?
- How do you avoid claiming a random situation too early?
Use the comments to contribute.
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