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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

@nntaleb Bullshit is not Lindy-compatible, unless it serves a risk management/survival purpose.https://medium.com/incerto/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf   Permalink 8:50 AM – 25 Jul 2017 @nntaleb The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle happens to be …bullshit. #metahttps://twitter.com/republicofmath/status/889864052935192576   Permalink 8:21 AM – 25 Jul 2017 @nntaleb The imbeciles who wrote the article would rank LOWER in the Olympiad than the person they […]

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Bloomberg Quant Seminar: slides on error and dimensionality

Thursday, August 27, 2015

That’s tonight, as in August 27, 2015. Bloomberg Quant Seminar https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/636866379937923072 Tonight’s lecture at Bloomberg Quant Seminar: my slides on error and dimensionality https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50282823/Error%20and%20Dimensionality.pptx.pdf

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Error, Dimensionality, and Predictability

Saturday, July 11, 2015

This is a bit technical (for those into technical stuff and mathematical flaneuring). It proves why you can’t predict in any multivariate (not even complex) system. Even thin-tailed variables are unpredictable. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50282823/Propagation.pdf PS: Actually we show how we lose predictability by adding dimensions, with a trade-off, so it can lead to precise policies and decisions […]

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