> But this really doesn't have anything to do with black swans... this technique isn't about a rare and unpredictable occurrence ... Sure it is -- that's why p

> But this really doesn't have anything to do with black swans... this technique isn't about a rare and unpredictable occurrence ... Sure it is -- that's why people didn't notice it until they were encouraged to look at the behavior of the outliers -- those few examples whose children, though poor, weren't malnourished. > Again, this doesn't map to their findings -- the community was not selecting the preferential strategy, even though it was present in the community. Umm, that's how "natural selection" is defined -- the rare behavior that confers an advantage. All these people needed was encouragement to look for the advantageous adaptation that was already present in the population.