{"id":8245,"date":"2016-02-01T23:43:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T07:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8245"},"modified":"2016-02-01T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T07:53:08","slug":"naan-silent-evidence-stoics-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/naan-silent-evidence-stoics-narendra-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Naan, Silent Evidence, Stoics, Narendra Modi | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

@nntaleb
\nObserve statistical ignorance at work in interpretation. Cruz has 8 delegates out of 1237, @realDonaldTrump has 7.
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\n11:11 PM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\n“All technologies should be “old” technologies”.
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\n5:05 PM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nNarendra Modi is an ascetic, he hasnt disappointed: Nassim Nicholas Taleb – The Economic Times http:\/\/ecoti.in\/Bj_Kba <\/a>
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\n5:02 PM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nHere is the tutorial of why benefits don’t lower risk, for a nongeneral dist.
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FoP32AesRzE <\/a>
\n@normonics @AmirRAmini
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\n4:33 PM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nThis is the most read article in (I was told) the most read English language newspaper in the world.
\nhttp:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/India-is-too-democratic-but-Modi-is-forcing-things-to-be-done-Taleb\/articleshow\/50800166.cms <\/a>
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\n4:08 PM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nLiterary and Math versions. Proved that benefits NEVER offset tail-ruin probability. https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/rationality.pdf <\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Zo7TalFq6a<\/a>
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\n3:52 PM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nPlease please please help defeat Hillary Monsanto-Malmaison. Just to prove that voters aren’t suckers. https:\/\/twitter.com\/food_democracy\/status\/694057212965031936 <\/a>
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\n11:04 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\n2.\/2 Just as a Stoic is a Buddist w\/an attitude problem, an Indian is an Eastern Mediterranean without our attitude problem.
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\n8:58 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nComing from India to Levant, feel the diff betw Buddism and Stoicism (a Levantine product): “A stoic is someone who says “f*** you” to fate”
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\n8:55 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nThis is explained at length in the general public book.
\nhttp:\/\/fooledbyrandomness.com\/SITG.html <\/a>
\n@zeroroguer
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\n7:14 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nActually a bit more refinement in definition of \\lambda slowly moving replacing x with |x|
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\n6:15 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nCleaner pic.twitter.com\/3KAfN53h1n<\/a>
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\n6:01 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nWhy uncertainty matters more than benefits: what looks like a proof FOR ALL probability distributions pic.twitter.com\/6hE3pPxBnF<\/a>
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\n5:55 AM – 1 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\n8) Learning from Penrose. Thought Riemann surface was painintheneck for num integration. Central object for physics pic.twitter.com\/k7soaneXO4<\/a>
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\n6:11 PM – 31 Jan 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nSilent evidence: we think the earliest record of a discovery is the earliest actual discovery. #fooledbydata
\nhttp:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/news-science-space\/clay-tablet-reveals-ancient-babylonians-used-calculus-track-jupiter-1500-years-020720 <\/a>
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\n5:45 PM – 31 Jan 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nOr more like: 2100, 100 mill https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianbremmer\/status\/693879496232009729 <\/a>
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\n11:33 AM – 31 Jan 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nJust as reaching 0 \u2193 or \u2191 produces \u2260 results , getting to Lebanon from the East rather than usual West shows diff country. #framing
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\n11:32 AM – 31 Jan 2016<\/p>\n

@freakonometrics
\n“Genetically modified mosquitoes released in Brazil in 2015 linked to the current Zika epidemic?” https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/conspiracy\/comments\/42mhii\/genetically_modified_mosquitoes_released_in\/ <\/a>
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\n12:25 PM – 30 Jan 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nSo journo @RichardDawkins “skeptical” abt religious practices, not skeptical abt the selfish gene, in spite of math. https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/692875333435981824 <\/a>
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\n10:03 AM – 30 Jan 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb
\nGigantic naan bread #onlyinbukhara pic.twitter.com\/7pA4Xz5Syx<\/a>
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\n9:33 AM – 30 Jan 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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