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Umberto Eco , Squid Ink, Berbers, Liar Kevin, Think Tanks, Real World Risk Institute | Twitter

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@nntaleb First lecture pic.twitter.com/u5PP46DYBv Permalink 11:24 AM – 22 Feb 2016

@nntaleb RWRI risk first lecture pic.twitter.com/HjTfO4ri0l Permalink 11:22 AM – 22 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Real World Risk Institute first seminar, Robert Frey lecturing on cellular automata pic.twitter.com/gRyWapLjCi Permalink 11:21 AM – 22 Feb 2016

@GMWatch Tell Senator Roberts & #Monsanto where to shove the DarkAct http://www.gmofreeusa.org/take-action/stop-the-dark-act/   #StopTheDarkAct #gmo pic.twitter.com/hxJMvCFH1A Permalink 11:24 AM – 21 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Eco is not in the middle right picture. Only top and bottom left. @AdilNajam @janmpdx Permalink 11:00 AM – 21 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Umberto Eco’s library is clean, neat, stylish, has adapted IKEA white shelves, unlike the musty one shown here. @janmpdx @AdilNajam Permalink 9:53 AM – 21 Feb 2016

@NeinQuarterly Barcelona. Come for the Gaudí. Stay for the Magritte. pic.twitter.com/EQuH3djZdP Permalink 7:18 AM – 21 Feb 2016

@nntaleb This is Umberto Eco’s Library, not the other one.
@AdilNajam pic.twitter.com/9rMUsmRs4w Permalink 5:42 AM – 21 Feb 2016

@nntaleb It is NOT his library on the left. Sorry, it is not. @AdilNajam Permalink 5:39 AM – 21 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The reason 1) I do not listen to “think tanks” as they are literally BS Vendors, 2) Refuse to believe DC insiders. https://twitter.com/JeffDSachs/status/700918233377984513   Permalink 1:51 PM – 20 Feb 2016

@nntaleb It is uncertain what school does beyond the PR. One thing is certain
School will never teach you how to stand & take risks for your beliefs. Permalink 1:08 PM – 20 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Which allowed to get closed form MAD of n-summed symmetric power law α=3 (not in literature)
Thanks @mikeandallie pic.twitter.com/PBCqgIV2OI Permalink 12:28 PM – 20 Feb 2016

@NonMeek @nntaleb Today’s #Offshorecomic. This strip was inspired by Taleb’s fantastic book #FooledByRandomness. #HedgeFunds pic.twitter.com/BW1BXNjvMf Permalink 11:16 AM – 20 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Liar Kevin Folta spreads lies again. The reasons why we never “debate” something *not even wrong* @kevinfolta pic.twitter.com/8KvLVrLImk Permalink 11:16 AM – 20 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Comparative squid ink studied. pic.twitter.com/LRE1ZBjeK2 Permalink 9:50 AM – 20 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Matt Ridley has never written a scholarly work to get: one never responds to “not even wrong” @Ednever @mattwridley pic.twitter.com/Rz5Tp0H8xw Permalink 8:17 AM – 20 Feb 2016

@Ballandalus Imazighen/Berbers played a pivotal role in the intellectual, religious & cultural developments in al-Andalus, but this is often ignored Permalink 7:33 AM – 20 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Looking for help in uncovering the logic behind a sequence: http://math.stackexchange.com/q/1664102/88078?stw=2   Permalink 4:36 AM – 20 Feb 2016

@JMeeker86 @nntaleb very sad to hear. Your characterization of Umberto Eco really captured how profoundly interesting he was. pic.twitter.com/iHR9SzRHjW Permalink 7:36 PM – 19 Feb 2016

Umberto Eco, Yiddish Proverbs, Citi, John Gray, Popper, Hayek, Bryan Appleyard, Flaneuring | Twitter

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@nntaleb RIP, Umberto Eco
Ad vitam aeternam Permalink 4:09 PM – 19 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The reason we decided to not respond to this idiot.
@nickgillespie pic.twitter.com/h4eIZfvpid Permalink 2:45 PM – 19 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The Qatari/Saudi-funded BS promoted by Obamistic bureaucrats we hear about the Syrian opposition:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html   Permalink 1:27 PM – 19 Feb 2016

@nntaleb كذب المنجمون ولو صدقوا https://twitter.com/YiddishProverbs/status/700791249624821762   Permalink 1:19 PM – 19 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Has the Market Crash Only Just Begun? http://bloom.bg/1XxEO0X   via markets Permalink 11:18 PM – 18 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Citi is a periodically bankrupt utility. #noskininthegame

Citigroup Increases Corbat’s Pay 27% to $16.5 Million http://bloom.bg/1mKMdws   Permalink 5:13 PM – 18 Feb 2016

@fjechandi One pager on #fragilitylogic by @nntaleb at the @bankofengland’s #onebank seminar launch. pic.twitter.com/pi25ILnTAX Permalink 11:01 AM – 18 Feb 2016

@BryanAppleyard John Gray and @nntaleb compose a tweet pic.twitter.com/KFZZRWJE1h Permalink 1:37 PM – 17 Feb 2016

@nntaleb John Gray knew Popper & Hayek: Popper got angry & Hayek was indifferent with criticism for same reason: they were both knew they were right Permalink 1:40 PM – 17 Feb 2016

@nntaleb john Gray and @BryanAppleyard will next explain why Guinness is better in UK and Ireland than U.S. pic.twitter.com/pkJ8uIKZnZ Permalink 12:52 PM – 17 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Philosopher John Gray & @BryanAppleyard fixated on a piece of lamb in anotherwise quite abstract discussion. pic.twitter.com/4X8RorlYLj Permalink 11:51 AM – 17 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Flaneuring in London, seeing the minority rule: stores organic or halal. GMOs are dead.
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/minority.pdf   pic.twitter.com/w2paMA4zCh Permalink 7:53 AM – 17 Feb 2016

Bush/Saudis, BofE Seminar, Wolfram, Penrose, Scientism, Koura, Olive Oil | Twitter

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@nntaleb When will Donaldo @realDonaldTrump discuss Classified links betw Bush dynasty & the Saudis (indirectly) behind 9/11? https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/699353190882537473   Permalink 2:05 PM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb PDF of slides (temporary) of my BofE Seminar
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50282823/BoE2016.pptx-show.pdf
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/Pages/seminars/180216.aspx   Permalink 1:56 PM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb One should wait 10 y before reviewing a book. Just started appreciating
1) New Kind of Science (Wolfram)
2) The Road to Reality (Penrose) Permalink 1:20 PM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Being openly “pro-scientism” is equivalent of being openly “pro-charlatanism”. @RupertRead Permalink 7:09 AM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The summary of talk on Fragility at B of E
https://twitter.com/bankofengland/status/699193965795373058   pic.twitter.com/WbR4w48VRU Permalink 5:20 AM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb In Lebanon, the Koura district (χωριά) (my home) produces olive oil, but the high quality is NEVER sold commercially. @ntbay @StopponiMario Permalink 3:55 AM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Happy that both Bernie Sanders & Donaldo @realDonaldTrump find absurd interventionist policy/support for Saudi Barbaria& rebels in Syria. Permalink 3:30 AM – 15 Feb 2016

@nntaleb LEcture will be webcast here
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/research/Pages/onebank/seminars/180216.aspx

Fat Tony, BS Vendors, Class Warfare, Cronyism, Dakhilak, Peter Frankopan, GMOs | Twitter

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@nntaleb Fat Tony, how can I be less unsuccesful?
-have no prsonl assstnt/sectry
-But then I can’t schedule meetings, answer mail
-That’s the point. Permalink 6:51 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb No worries: the courage & military prowess of the prediabetic pple of SaudiBarbaria limits to terrorism: just unarmed civilians as in Sept11 Permalink 5:49 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb My London talk discussing the social science statistical “toolkit” pic.twitter.com/TOgxeu8HfD Permalink 5:44 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Is this a death threat? @time24art Permalink 5:24 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The “best brains” among BSVendors are still BSVendors. https://twitter.com/BNCommodities/status/698998958186766341   Permalink 4:54 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Changed the title once again:
Skin In the Game: The Thrills and Logic of Risk Taking
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/SITG.html   Permalink 4:51 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@GreekAnalyst Next time you hear someone talk about “class warfare”, show them this. pic.twitter.com/NF8a9httMA Permalink 12:04 PM – 14 Feb 2016

@edsanin “An economist is a mixture of 1) a businessman w/o common sense, 2) a physicist w/o brain & 3) a speculator without balls”- @nntaleb Genius Permalink 8:23 AM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb I love statistical rigor more than I hate Monsanto.
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Investigate before spreading conspiracies. @AdrienClavel Permalink 7:56 AM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Central delusion: classic liberals who tolerate large corporations but not big government; nonclassicliberals who make the opposite mistake. Permalink 7:53 AM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Reminds me of an argument by the imbecile Pat Buchanan that “smoking bans are costing jobs” @DavidBCollum Permalink 7:47 AM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Hillary Clinton Monsanto-Malmaison represents shoddy cronyism: How to game the political system to get rich. http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/01/30/clinton-system-donor-machine-2016-election/   Permalink 6:14 AM – 14 Feb 2016

@nntaleb I did it vertically for space. @CutTheKnotMath Permalink 12:38 PM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Speculative Aramaic Philology: Root of Lev. & Ar. 3olm علم (knowledge) is Aramaic “strength”, => 3alma young woman. pic.twitter.com/WjoGAU3j6p Permalink 11:52 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Speculative philology of the day: Dakhilak (“I implore you”) in Levantine comes from Western Aramaic (Takhl, takhlak) Permalink 10:12 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Michael Spagat makes egregious errors of significance in a journal called “Significance”, (in comments on Pinker) pic.twitter.com/VvXsdL5rt6 Permalink 9:50 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb This is the kind of BS charlatans use to sell their products, with “appeal” to “harming the poor”. Charlatan! https://twitter.com/wrmead/status/698552289053650944   Permalink 9:27 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb U.S. readers, have you pre-ordered 2 copies of @peterfrankopan’s book, out Tuesday? You need 2 in case you lose one.
http://www.amazon.com/Silk-Roads-New-History-World/dp/1101946326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455381152&sr=8-1&keywords=frankopan   Permalink 8:34 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb A reminder that the last main external battle won by people from what is now Saudi Arabia is Yarmuk in 636 AD. https://twitter.com/Independent/status/698432890091282432   Permalink 6:30 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Speculative philology du jour:”sahra” in Levantine (night conv)<=Aramaic “sahr” from “moon”:Cannanite סַ֫הַר=”round” pic.twitter.com/MOLVomVICO Permalink 5:47 AM – 13 Feb 2016

@nntaleb As much as I despise Monsanto, it is not a good idea to start accusing immediately w/o deeper statistical scrutiny. https://twitter.com/food_democracy/status/698234383082328068   Permalink 12:06 PM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb I mean “deemed” rather than “defined”. Permalink 9:10 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Slides for lecture on Logic of Risk Taking
Best definition of rationality: what Cass Sunstein defines as irrational pic.twitter.com/9aOrKpqYGa Permalink 9:08 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb You can soon expect some message that it is “unscientific” to worry about the link involving a Monsanto product.
https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/698149294759612416   Permalink 7:14 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb All theories are to be deemed conspiracy theories … until Monsanto fights it with shills on social media. https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/698149294759612416   Permalink 7:03 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Something to investigate https://twitter.com/yaneerbaryam/status/698149294759612416   Permalink 6:46 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The imbecile should FIRST provide or conduct a proper risk analysis, THEN complain. #BSVending https://twitter.com/dbkell/status/698128664618209280   Permalink 5:37 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb The Precautionary Principle page has more details
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html   Permalink 4:51 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb A reminder that the “science” behind GMOs is largely P.R., no proper risk studies ever done. pic.twitter.com/FFmEobBET9 Permalink 4:25 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@nntaleb Precisely the problem that debt is building and at low rates. If govts need to refinance…. Fragile! @jweinryt @econbuttonwood Permalink 4:22 AM – 12 Feb 2016

@econbuttonwood Deleveraging? What deleveraging? Chart from Manoj Pradhan at Morgan Stanley pic.twitter.com/rws8vQboIU Permalink 1:46 AM – 12 Feb 2016