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Monthly Archives: December 2010

You will get the most attention from those who hate you: Taleb – Hindustan Times

The last aphorism is one of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s favourite, or rather the one “he likes more than others”.
Taleb, a Lebanese “technical philosopher”, likes turning things on their head and, he confesses, that he is not too popular for it (especiall…

Hysteresis is indeed a path dependent property that can expressed as ratchet options –will therefore lead to antifragility and fragility. But all antifragilities/fragilities are not from hysteresis (though one can prove the reverse). [This is to answer Marcos Elias, thanks for the question]

Hysteresis is indeed a path dependent property that can expressed as ratchet options –will therefore lead to antifragility and fragility. But all antifragilities/fragilities are not from hysteresis (though one can prove the reverse). [This is to answe…

I was using my book the Black Swan by Taleb to save seat @ church last night. When someone stopped to take its pic. Said I'd understand

I was using my book the Black Swan by Taleb to save seat @ church last night. When someone stopped to take its pic. Said I'd understand

Gerard @ 3am: Getting into Bed with an Aphorist: On Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 'The Bed of Procrustes'

Shared by JohnH

HatTip to Dave Lull
Take one of Taleb’s aphorisms: ‘The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither.’ A summary would seek to neutralise the potential for parado…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Jamie Whyte (with whom I once had breakfast) is in the business "to dissect confused logic and nonsensical arguments" and has written many books on errors of reasoning… in others.Let's go through the exercise of finding the 6 critical errors of reasoning in this article.http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/overrated-janfeb-11-nassim-nicholas-taleb-jamie-whyte-philosophy-lite-the-black-swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Jamie Whyte (with whom I once had breakfast) is in the business “to dissect confused logic and nonsensical arguments” and has written many books on errors of reasoning… in others.Let’s go through the exercise of finding the 6 cr…