{"id":8252,"date":"2016-02-04T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8252"},"modified":"2016-02-04T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:47:08","slug":"nitpickers-precautionary-principle-dawkins-squid-ink-murray-gell-mann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/nitpickers-precautionary-principle-dawkins-squid-ink-murray-gell-mann\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitpickers, Precautionary Principle, Dawkins, Squid Ink, Murray Gell-Mann,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@nntaleb I&#8217;ve never met a rich nitpicker. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695356660307525634\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:22 PM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Next Real World Risk Certificate June 6. Details.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/realworldrisk.com\/our_mini-certificate_in_detail\/ \">http:\/\/realworldrisk.com\/our_mini-certificate_in_detail\/ <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695333020346273795\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:48 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2\/2 Finally clear. The Precautionary Principle is precisely for the situations when the TIME average is not the ensemble average. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695320410355822592\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:57 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The ruin\/benefit proof is assumptions invariant; most of economics is grounded in specific classes of distributions. <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/kQdHEIkxSe\">pic.twitter.com\/kQdHEIkxSe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695293307249889281\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:10 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb No more than &#8220;believing&#8221; in God(s) &#8220;as if&#8221; it (they) were nature. @01berto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695290486697885698\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:59 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Some background to understand how the &#8220;rationalists&#8221; a la Dawkins have a nonscientific view of humans. <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/B4qACpgqgs\">pic.twitter.com\/B4qACpgqgs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695268365787643904\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Only squid ink I could find in Beirut (non homemade) was a risotto in an Argentinian restaurant! <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/8SamtpYyen\">pic.twitter.com\/8SamtpYyen<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695231923703136256\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:06 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2\/The problem of starting with the math then finding a problem as in economics (no constraint on BS) <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/DmDiI3R7mj\">pic.twitter.com\/DmDiI3R7mj<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695199426428665856\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:57 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb News! Murray Gell-Mann found the SAME flaw in economics I did with prbm absorbing barrier.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/rational.pdf \">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/rational.pdf <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2016-02-exploring-gambles-reveals-foundational-difficulty.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2016-02-exploring-gambles-reveals-foundational-difficulty.html<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/695187620364730368\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:10 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016<\/p>\n<p>@BugB And just coupla days ago @nntaleb spoke of better profitability of cheaper books ovr Kindle- <a href=\"http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/opinion\/interviews\/narendra-modi-is-an-ascetic-he-hasnt-disappointed-nassim-nicholas-taleb\/articleshow\/50813198.cms \">http:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/opinion\/interviews\/narendra-modi-is-an-ascetic-he-hasnt-disappointed-nassim-nicholas-taleb\/articleshow\/50813198.cms\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dkberman\/status\/694639015736299520\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/dkberman\/status\/694639015736299520<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/BugB\/status\/694828490957258752\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:23 AM &#8211; 3 Feb 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@nntaleb I&#8217;ve never met a rich nitpicker. Permalink 1:22 PM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016 @nntaleb Next Real World Risk Certificate June 6. Details. http:\/\/realworldrisk.com\/our_mini-certificate_in_detail\/ Permalink 11:48 AM &#8211; 4 Feb 2016 @nntaleb 2\/2 Finally clear. The Precautionary Principle is precisely for the situations when the TIME average is not the ensemble average. 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