AD=After Death

Connect. 

Stratosphere

What is common in the above pictures? Hint: Finding a link among the pictures themselves rather than the personalities.

Catch 22

 Connect the above two personalities to the man below.

Mark Him Down

Connect.

Typhoon baby !

                 This is a representation of a scientific theory/effect.
                                    Name the theory or effect.

We put a bullet in that thing.[UNCRACKED]

This was the side project of X , which nearly led to the death of the main project Y .

Identify the side project for a point
Identify X and Y for half a point each.

Ugly Duckling

The X theory was developed by Y to explain:

1. The disproportionate role of high-impact, hard to predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance and technology
2. The non-computability of the probability of the consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to the very nature of small probabilities)
3. The psychological biases that make people individually and collectively blind to uncertainty and unaware of the massive role of the rare event in historical affairs

Give me X and Y.

Draw Sustenance From The Roots

Connect. Also tell me how each picture is related to the connect. (1 point for connect. 2 points for connection)

Asparagus

What is common?