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The Secret of Fatima

The Secret of Fatima 5.0 out of 5 stars James Bond as a Catholic Priest, April 5, 2016 Review By N N Taleb This review is from: The Secret of Fatima (Kindle Edition) Masterly! This is the page turner par excellence; every new page brings some surprise and it was impossible for me to put […]

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover’s Life List

5.0 out of 5 stars This is THE reference book, April 15, 2015 By N N Taleb “Nassim Nicholas Taleb”This review is from: 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover’s Life List (Paperback) If one is to name the single most knowledgeable person about food on planet Earth, it would be Mimi […]

“Nassim Nicholas Taleb”‘s review of Modern Aramaic-English/English-Modern Aramaic Dictionary & Phrasebook

5.0 out of 5 stars Aramaic Alive., November 5, 2014 By N N Taleb “Nassim Nicholas Taleb” This review is from: Modern Aramaic-English/English-Modern Aramaic Dictionary & Phrasebook: Assyrian/Syriac Paperback There is no way we Levantines can learn the language of our ancestors in an organic way except via nerds insisting on 1 grammar, 2 writing […]

Nassim N Taleb’s review of The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor

5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody asked them if they would rather get respect and no aid rather than aid and no respect., April 3, 2014 By N N Taleb “Nassim N Taleb” This review is from: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (Hardcover) The point that top-down […]

N N Taleb’s review of ‘The Rational Animal: How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think’ | Amazon

1.0 out of 5 stars Nonsensical definition of rationality, February 7, 2014By N N Taleb “Nassim N Taleb”This review is from: The Rational Animal: How Evolution Made Us Smarter Than We Think HardcoverI am not used to give 1 start reviews but I truly feel compelled to do so here, not just because this is […]