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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Became The Chiseled Adonis You See Before You Through A Strict Regimen Of Picking Up Rocks And Lying In Bed For Two Years « Dealbreaker: Wall Street Insider – Financial News, Headlines, Commentary and Analysis – Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Banks

Certainly NNT has set the stage for these sorts of reactions. Hopefully they won’t get in the way of his message. Have you ever gazed upon classical Greek philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb and thought to yourself, “That man has a body from the gods. I could never hope to match him in brains, but what […]

(REVISED) What do you do to a “prominent” social scientist…

(REVISED) What do you do to a “prominent” social scientist who is talking about my book while visibly not read it (or did not read it attentively to realize that his points are not what I am saying)? The best strategy is to… promote his review. http://www.amazon.com/review/R1WEIPZNPXM3U1/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm via (REVISED) What do….

Amazon.com: Herbert Gintis’ review of The Black Swan

1.0 out of 5 stars Might be a nice twenty page essay, but a bomb of a book, April 10, 2012 By Herbert Gintis This review is from: The Black Swan (Hardcover) Science does not generally predict, but when it is good science, it does explain. You cannot, even in principle, predict the decay of […]

A Quant’s Apology: Bar Humbug – The Talebian Bar-Bell Portfolio, Part I

In the end I added  this to the ‘haters’ category. Especially after I read this post. He seems to be writing anonymously. Anyone know who it is? According to philosopher Taleb we can have heuristics, but not optimization. Optimization leads to airport delays. It also leads to cheaper tickets and in this exciting two part […]

Janet Tavakoli: Where Were Drama Pundits — Whitney, Taleb and Gasparino — When It Mattered?

I’m in receipt today of a collection of emails from Janet Tavakoli. You may recall some controversy around figures NNT was quoted to have said in a GQ article. I believe I’ve posted about this elsewhere on the blog. It’s from 2009. As you know, I have no relationship with Nassim Taleb, I’m simply collecting, […]