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Monthly Archives: October 2013

TEchnical: Small is beautiful. Completed. Now…

TEchnical: Small is beautiful. Completed. Now covers pollution. Comments welcome before submission to ArXiv. smallisbeautiful.pdf – Google Drive via TEchnical: Small is beautiful. Completed. Now… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

FAKE EVIDENCE

FAKE EVIDENCE In some domains, “evidence” comes too late. The good news is that we have a methodology to bust these claims and make the difference between *true* and *fake* evidence. This shows why the Law of Large Numbers makes evidence slower under fat tails (In some domains, only *negative* evidence counts). And this is […]

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Nassim Taleb about Optionality/Investing | 25iq

Excellent! See the entire list, link below. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Nassim Taleb about Optionality/Investing 1. ”Optionality is the property of asymmetric upside (preferably unlimited) with correspondingly limited downside (preferably tiny).”  Venture capital, when practiced properly by a top tier firm, is a classic example of a business that benefits from optionality. All […]

On the strength of new evidence, upgraded Dobelli to “Serial Plagiarist”…

On the strength of new evidence, upgraded Dobelli to “Serial Plagiarist”. And to follow my duties, the matter is far from over, but no longer in my hands as I completed my obligations. So I am closing my part of the Dobelli plagiarism. The problem is that instead of coming clean, and moving on, he […]

I never trust a man who doesn’t have enemies.

I never trust a man who doesn’t have enemies. via I never trust a man who doesn’t have enemies. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.