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{{Short description|Book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}
{{Infobox book
 |name = Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
 |author = [[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]]
 |image = Fooled by Randomness Paperback.jpg
 |border = yes
 |language = English
 |series = Incerto
 |publisher = [[Random House]]
 |country = United States
 |media_type = Print, e-book
 |subject = Human knowledge, [[Statistics]], [[Philosophy]], [[Finance]]
 |pub_date = 2001
 |pages = 316
 |isbn = 0-8129-7521-9
 |dewey = 123/.3 22
 |congress = HG4521 .T285 2005
 |oclc = 60349198
 |preceded_by =
 |followed_by = [[The Black Swan (Taleb book)|The Black Swan]]
}}
'''''Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets''''' is a book by [[Nassim Nicholas Taleb]] that deals with the fallibility of human knowledge. It was first published in 2001. Updated editions were released a few years later. The book is the first part of Taleb's multi-volume philosophical essay on uncertainty, titled the ''[[Incerto]]'', which also includes ''[[The Black Swan (Taleb book)|The Black Swan]]'' (2007–2010), ''[[The Bed of Procrustes]]'' (2010–2016), ''[[Antifragile (book)|Antifragile]]'' (2012), and ''[[Skin in the Game (book)|Skin in the Game]]'' (2018).