Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

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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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

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The debate with John Ioannidis will be posted this weekend. — PolitiTweet.org

John Ioannidis and Nassim Taleb agreed to have a scientific debate on forecasting for Covid-19: Has forecasting fai… https://t.co/TcaUcCtmTE

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