Saying about someone “he is a good speaker” without any other information is a translation for “he is a complete BS artist”.
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Cancer, in any system, is uncontrolled noise swamping the signal.
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News is to information what cancer cells are to regular ones.
via News is to information what cancer cells are to… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
In a long letter with a lot of words, the word “unfortunately” represents the only information.
via In a long letter with a lot of words, the word… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
You can’t prove anything if people know that you feel that you have something to prove.
You can’t prove anything if people know that you… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.