Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Unless you are into pediatrics or developmental medicine, *aging* should not be seen as a deterministic distance from birth, rather the expectation of a stochastic distance from death. [The Probabilist's version] — PolitiTweet.org

Unless you are into pediatrics or developmental medicine, *aging* should not be seen using the distance from birth,… https://t.co/VG0MnVDKWf

Posted Oct. 15, 2021

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

When some adverse event takes place, instead of wondering "why did it happen ?", ask "why wasn't it worse ?". #Lebanon (#BedofProcrustes 3rd Ed?) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2021

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The old question "if you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is unfair as it assumes personal preferences & the absence of luck in life. A better one would be "if you're so smart, why didn't you *stay* rich ?" — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 15, 2021