Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

PCA maps distort genetic distance betw populations: they separate Greeks from Turks (magnifying endogamy) & are exploited politically by rightwing nuts & EuroSupremacists Yet it's IMPOSSIBLE to figure out Greek from W Turk w/the naked eye Our correction: shows them much closer https://t.co/zKuRkQ9KvC — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 12, 2020 Hibernated

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Bureaucrats can't get it in their head that masks & constraining superspreader locations are a much much cheaper, less disruptive, & more effective way to solve the problem. — PolitiTweet.org

N.C. Health Secretary Warns Of Surge In Cases, Possible Return Of Stay-At-Home Orders https://t.co/EQA3IOJF19

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2) As a general rule: entropy based methods are much more adapted to information *by design*. Unlike with correlation & other BS, what you see with your naked eye will map to the metric! PS- Most geneticists use metrics they have NO clue about. — PolitiTweet.org

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