Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

5) Notes + When someone bears the name "soter" s.a. the GrecoSyrian King Demetrius Soter, immortalized by one of Cavafy's finest poems, it is usually for modest claims. Or in Jewish history the closest thing to a "Messiah" is Cyrus. https://t.co/PATVY8e84K — PolitiTweet.org

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4) Notes + Some play the "counterfactual game", say "what if Hitler was born a girl". Some pple may disproportionately affect history; but these are very very rare exceptions. We tend to pathologically anthropomorphize change. + Views here are compatible with Burke's. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 16, 2022

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5) Notes + When someone bears the name "soter" s.a. the Greco-Syrian King Demetrius Soter (famous for other reasons than the "soter"), immortalized by one of Cavafy's finest poems, it is usually for modest claims. Or in Jewish history the closest thing to a "Messiah" is Cyrus. https://t.co/if1Zj1NQfp — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 16, 2022