Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Perhaps the most misunderstood idea in the "empirical" sciences is that a correlation of 90% is closer to 0 than 1. We shd train students to *visualize* rather than absorb formulas nonprobabilist statisticians can't understand. (See my comment on IQ) https://t.co/r5mlHRUMpQ https://t.co/pKfr5nYwmt — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 31, 2022

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2) Leads to the confusion below: https://t.co/lG1dvNWv9O — PolitiTweet.org

Left: “scientific” papers Right: reality via @nntaleb https://t.co/bSGiztO33K

Posted July 31, 2022