"Voodoo Histories" finds room for conspiracies of more uncertain political valence as well: the supposed murder of Diana, Princess of Wales; the "staged" moon landing; the pseudohistory of Christianity unveiled in "The Da Vinci Code"; and many more.
Seb James, the Dixons Carphone chief executive, said: "We remain optimistic about our ability to continue to gain market share in all our key markets, and, while we have still not seen any effect on consumer demand as a consequence of Brexit, we have been planning for the possibility of more uncertain times ahead.
In fact, one of the arguments that it advances is that we are sometimes too willing to take elegantly written narratives as substitutes for a more uncertain truth.
Their education will be more meager, their prospects for employment more uncertain, their chance to own a home more unlikely, the possibility of one day retiring from their jobs to enjoy the fruits of their labor will be compromised.
By contrast, most of the security screening we conduct tragically reverses the uncertainty rule of nature that is, it makes life less uncertain for our adversaries and more uncertain for ourselves.
Or, we might be more uncertain for some effects than for others, for instance, for effects that did not occur in the database underlying the default distribution.
But the tangible, long-term benefits for South Africa are more uncertain.
Which stocks would you avoid? A. Some of the banks that did well for people in more uncertain times, like Wells Fargo, are probably approaching fair value.
Fela Kuti's decision – taken in London – to ditch a career in medicine for a decidedly more uncertain path as a jazz musician is the Nigerian equivalent of Robert Johnson going to the crossroads.
All of this makes the macroeconomic and investment climate for fuel importers more uncertain.
