Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

A real test of (un)intelligence: misuse of metaphors. — PolitiTweet.org

@normonics @nntaleb In context A just means finding similarity between dissimilar things -- metaphor was his word f… https://t.co/5jDF0xMNla

Posted July 29, 2021

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Future Correction: "The test of originality for an idea is not the absence of one single predecessor but the presence of multiple but unrelated ones." — PolitiTweet.org

"The test of originality for an idea is not the absence of one single predecessor but the presence of multiple but… https://t.co/4eLARNZkQV

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Know How vs. Know What A truth is that, as much as we enjoy counterintuitive intellectual puzzles, our world owes a lot more to the Teslas than to the Einsteins. Engineers would have figured out the time discrepancies without asking questions. The reverse doesn't work. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2021