Skip to content

Monthly Archives: February 2015

A great article on Probability in The Stanford Enc of Philosophy

A great article on Probability in The Stanford Enc of Philosophy that draws from Franklin’s book. Probability in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy via Nassim NicholنTaleb on Twitter: “A great article on Probability in The Stanford Enc of Philosophy that draws from Franklin’s book. http://t.co/ZJUFxgaNo8”.

Those who are attempting to turn Jihadi John into “a victim” are, simply, his collaborators…

Those who are attempting to turn Jihadi John into “a victim” are, simply, his collaborators/promoters and need to be treated as such. via Nassim NicholنTaleb on Twitter: “Those who are attempting to turn Jihadi John into “a victim” are, simply, his collaborators/promoters and need to be treated as such.”.

The absolute best best best noBS book on hist of probability is Franklin’s

NNT tweeted: “The absolute best best best noBS book on hist of probability is Franklin’s” and linked to his Amazon review. 5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable, August 31, 2013 By N N Taleb This review is from: The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability before Pascal (Paperback) As a practitioner of probability, I’ve read […]

Just gave students an exam. “Ask a deep & important question”

Just gave students an exam. “Ask a deep & important question” (related to the course). They will be judged by the quality of the question. In real life it is very hard to ask the right question. via Just gave students an exam. “Ask a deep &… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Tomorrow morning starts the grueling Orthodox lent…

Tomorrow morning starts the grueling Orthodox lent. No animal product for 40 days. Note that both Ancient Greeks and Levantine Semites never ate meat without some kind of sacrifice to the God(s), something that persists in Kosher-Halal rituals. Meat was limited to festivals (“carnival”). — I initially thought that the intermittent protein deprivation followed by […]