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Macrobullshit, Monsanto, IYI, Metrification, VIOLENCE, GAWKER, The New Artisan | Facebook

The rebellion against the “experts” that we are witnessing can be simplified: experts in some domains like economics, political science, policymaking are not experts. But we know why: PRINCIPLE: it is easier to macrobullshit than microbullshit. So your car mechanic, sushi chef, house painter, espresso machine repairperson, plumber, barber, dentist, Apple genius bar attendant, sanitation […]

Albert Tarantola, Slowthinkers, Monsanto, Macrobullshit, Microbullshit | Twitter

@nntaleb The late Albert Tarantola wrote the entry. His book on Inverse problem statistics is free: http://www.ipgp.fr/~tarantola/Files/Professional/Books/index.html   pic.twitter.com/DA2nb0DXt1 Permalink 2:52 PM – 31 Mar 2016 @nntaleb I discovered today that psychologists “statisticians” & other slowthinkers are not familiar Inverse Problems. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/InverseProblem.html   Permalink 2:44 PM – 31 Mar 2016 @nntaleb Turns out Scientific American […]