Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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@sdavidov Maaloula — PolitiTweet.org

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SEMITIC PHILOLOGY DU JOUR Note that Western Aramaic uses the original Aramaic script, that is, identical to Hebrew. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NachoOliveras @alwyn_lau @flaneurizer I thought Nacho you wd understand that one is free to NOT have on one's feed some nagging nitpicking fart with the judgment of a door know looking for non-substantial mistakes and making a big deal out of stuff he doesn't get. Life is too short. I am free to block. OK? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Go0n3r Can you slow down the BS, please? — PolitiTweet.org

Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb

A statistical complication: in the US there are twice as many women octogenarian and worldwide historically 6-10 x more women centenarians/supercentenarians. Hides the fact that women are 2-3x more likely to survive Covid. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PhDniX @azforeman @AlCabbage045 @2050_or @lameensouag @ait_kisou @OldHejazi @AbuZyad79 @Safaitic @oldlevantine The complication is that North Lebanese is closer to North Syrian than to Beiruti. Same for South & Galilee. So while Levantine may be somehow identified, Lebanese is ill-defined. The prestige dialects are Beiruti and Damascene. — PolitiTweet.org

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@azforeman @PhDniX @2050_or @lameensouag @ait_kisou @OldHejazi @AbuZyad79 @AlCabbage045 @Safaitic @oldlevantine I believe Levantine is the language, Lebanese a dialect of it as there is no entropy, no effort in understanding a Damascene comedy on TV. There are institutional effects (see Norwegian vs other Scandinavian lang, Serb/Croatian) but there must be scientific rules. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnJcollias @IAmMicMars Constantinople, Fanar quarter perhaps. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DrNWillburger cc:@ATomasi__ — PolitiTweet.org

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No, the mention of Seneca in #Antifragile as “another child of the Italian peninsula” (the other being Fat Tony) is not a mistake. Yes, S was born in Spain of Roman parents. But Fat Tony was born in NJ of Italian parents. It's a statement of origin. [Saving email replies] — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nntaleb: @JesusEncinar Yes I know. He was Roman. Fat Tony was born in NJ, also "child of the Italian peninsula" — PolitiTweet.org

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@Extrachelle @HsenAndil Hek t3allamt l iunéné — PolitiTweet.org

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@scmarco69 @normonics Kebbe — PolitiTweet.org

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@trishankkarthik @Decafquest @flaneurizer Muting as first step. — PolitiTweet.org

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That was 9 months ago. https://t.co/6XeiuDBeho — PolitiTweet.org

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3) Seeing an 80 year old academic philosopher dressed like a teenager... https://t.co/c4zWS9lveF — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/zrYDRkIe9R — PolitiTweet.org

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@yhazony Same business, same period, same people. — PolitiTweet.org

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@robrothbart Same thing, no? — PolitiTweet.org

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@flaneurizer What kind of BS is this? He lost the election & made a mess about it. — PolitiTweet.org

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What did we learn from the failed TRUMP experiment? (cont) Someone in office, like a High Priest of Baal, a Patriarch, a doge, a judge, or a mafia don, must observe a certain decorum & a certain ornamental deportment. This holds even more true in a secular democracy. #Lindy https://t.co/72DeTSo1Nf — PolitiTweet.org

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@ByzLevant No, PRE-Hellenistic. All N. Syria was Hittite, Kura Ataraxes, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ByzLevant Northern Levantines are only Semitic in language; they spoke Indo-European for a long period before the Bronze age collapse and AFTER Alexander. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hayek believes in a role for the state during pandemics (threats on the collective), just as standard libertarians believe in some state authority for law enforcement. Hayek was close to a multiscale theory of liberty. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bmiloy @DrMichaelBonner Michael knows what happened to emperors devoid of decorum, s.a. Elagabalus, Caligula... — PolitiTweet.org

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In a public debate, it is the one whose intelligence is closest to that of the audience who wins*. *In other words: usually (in politics or academic psychology), the most stupid; in rare cases (say, in mathematics, physics, cooking/bartending schools), the most intelligent. — PolitiTweet.org

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@stopachka @breenemachine viruses multiply side effects of vaccines don't — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @justinamash: @nntaleb You’re right that there are serious contradictions in the libertarianism that many people advocate, and I’m worki… — PolitiTweet.org

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For Libertarianism to survive & solve its otherwise fatal contradictions, it must embrace localism, & realize that Liberty is multiscale. — PolitiTweet.org

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@VergilDen In other words, the dignity of a Mafia don. — PolitiTweet.org