Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb
PHILOLOGICAL CONFUSION DU JOUR: TOWER (πύργος) A Is the Homeric Greek πύργος origin for برج burj, (itself perhaps from Urartian) via Syriac ܦܘܪܓܳܘܣ or ܒܘܪܓܐ or is there a common root? [Brgi<=>Borges, Borgia] B What is the connection to a) appearance b) divination [See below] https://t.co/gokvzasbWU — PolitiTweet.org
