Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

ANOTHER REMINDER: Do not visit the UAE. As the (paid) trolls on my feed show, it is protecting a well curated image thanks to PR firms. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@henrizaq Ma lézém — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

INTIKHABET Kell wa7ad bisawwet la 7ada min l ta2m l 2adim, holé yallé jébuna la hon, BILMARRA ma elo ha22 ba3dén yetshakka 3al 7alé w wad3o. Ya sawwét ya skot. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Boris is Petersburg passing for Linda in Texas argues about his suspension invoking his rights under the U.S. constitution. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@AviKaner You are defending a sordid regime and promoting it on my feed without doing your homework. Irresponsible. Go away. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

The US. does not compromise with Russia. It does not compromise with Iran. It then must never compromise with Saudi Barbaria. Balance. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@AviKaner Fucking imbecile the fact that YOU felt safe is evidence? Have you looked at the UK case? https://t.co/2ujHmDrWMU — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@AviKaner @themugtareb Are you sure this is authentic? Not the tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Shadow_Stack Someone else did so before me. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Great hikes at the border Koura-Batroun. Very, very well marked trails. https://t.co/iqQZ3XXrXC — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@shzpnts Flawed study; survivorship bias. Must compare to equivalent cohort. Will comment. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@mpawlo @YouTube If you want — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@paarugsethi @shek_dev Soorry I block idiots. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@LaziRedhead @Decafquest @JoshHochschild I have no sense of humor. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

QUANTITATIVE FINANCE 3: We don't use Black-Scholes, the simpler derivati... https://t.co/FnrvvdtCfR via @YouTube — PolitiTweet.org

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@elcomeq Bruno De Finetti: Filosofia della probabilità — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Cyberlibris I was once attending the CUNY philosophy seminar c.2001. The talk was abt the "lottery paradox". A man in a suit terrorized the speaker who was technically weak. I immediately knew it was Isaac Levi & later connected with him. Collab. Av. Pilpel did his thesis under Levi. A giant — PolitiTweet.org

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@Cyberlibris Yes, this is the comment I was citing above! https://t.co/vtvwcqZhAo — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@Decafquest @JoshHochschild As a "philosopher", have you ever bothered to take a look at the literature of the philosophy of statistics before commenting on it? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@djc795 @Spfannenschmidt @Uqayyum123 @DavidLBrownMD @drjohnm @PraveenRangana9 @RonBlankstein @khurramn1 @RFRedberg @BudoffMd @MichaelJBlaha @dmljmd @cardio10s @pnatarajanmd @lesleejshaw @EricWillMD @ToddVillinesMD @AChoiHeart @dramitkhera @KBibbinsDomingo @ErinMichos No problemo, no need to cite. I am certain it is independently discovered since it is obvious. Plus not formally published. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

3) The formal subtitle of the INCERTO: "A Philosophical Meditation on Uncertainty". Of course, technical epistemology of uncertainty with @DrCirillo. We hope to write a short book on the "philosophical foundations of probability". https://t.co/GTuziJo6Z4 — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@JMateosGarcia Sooooooooory I forgot Deb Mayo @learnfromerror [forgot those still alive] — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Not counting "I problemi epistemologici del rischio" by yours truly. There is a yuuuge literature in the philosophy of statistics/probability. The problems is, as someone lamented in why philosophers don't know about the great Isaac Levi: Philosophers don't understand it anymore. https://t.co/WzPGTp5Fao — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

Countrarywise, there is a yuuge branch of Phil. of Statistics: [from Memory] De Finetti Jeffreys Levi Kyburg Good Nagel Hacking Salmon Hintikka Suppes Smolburg von Wright [Inductive Logic], + Reichenbach, Popper, Carnap, Von Mises (R.), Keynes, Fine, Peirce, ...even Laplace! — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@BMcKay_Montreal @Confusezeus Not even. Between a bullshitter and a philosopher. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@ironmagma @Confusezeus A PhD is not an MBAplus. It is a degree to do research — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

You must learn to distinguish between the category of self-titled "independent scholar" (very present on social media) and that of failed academic, that is, incapable of doing serious research. [h/t @Confusezeus for calling out a quack "critical" of the publication system] — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

@joe_shipman None. Every sport taken to its extreme kills. — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

3) There is a J curve of training/mortality. Train an athlete beyond being "human" and you will destroy his life expectancy. High VO2 max is OK, VERY high comes with fibrosis, Afib, cardiomegaly w/sudden death... https://t.co/FnoZ5ajbz1 — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

2) SCALE TRANSFORMATION The extremely fit was just a good version of the human; today it is a deformed one. Anc. Athens had a pool of <1000 boys (citizens) in the age group. Greek Confedr < 20K? Today we select from 100s of mill: more and more deformity to gain 1 sec of speed. — PolitiTweet.org