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by RockyMcNuts 5203 days ago
d'oh! thanks - will fix. Lewis screwed up a few people's names in Liar's Poker and I always thought it reflected that he was more interested in a good story than facts, so it was kind of ironic I did same.
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If you haven't seen it, you might like this profile of Lewis, which touches on his storytelling vs facts tendencies: http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/michael-lewis-2011-10...
Made me think of Muphry's law there

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphrys_law