{"id":8284,"date":"2016-02-15T00:14:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T08:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8284"},"modified":"2016-02-15T00:14:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T08:14:49","slug":"fat-tony-bs-vendors-class-warfare-cronyism-dakhilak-peter-frankopan-gmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/fat-tony-bs-vendors-class-warfare-cronyism-dakhilak-peter-frankopan-gmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Fat Tony, BS Vendors, Class Warfare, Cronyism, Dakhilak, Peter Frankopan, GMOs | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

@nntaleb Fat Tony, how can I be less unsuccesful?
\n-have no prsonl assstnt\/sectry
\n-But then I can’t schedule meetings, answer mail
\n-That’s the point. Permalink<\/a> 6:51 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No worries: the courage & military prowess of the prediabetic pple of SaudiBarbaria limits to terrorism: just unarmed civilians as in Sept11 Permalink<\/a> 5:49 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My London talk discussing the social science statistical “toolkit” pic.twitter.com\/TOgxeu8HfD<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:44 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Is this a death threat? @time24art Permalink<\/a> 5:24 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The “best brains” among BSVendors are still BSVendors. https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNCommodities\/status\/698998958186766341 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:54 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Changed the title once again:
\nSkin In the Game: The Thrills and Logic of Risk Taking
\nhttp:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/SITG.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:51 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@GreekAnalyst Next time you hear someone talk about “class warfare”, show them this. pic.twitter.com\/NF8a9httMA<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:04 PM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@edsanin “An economist is a mixture of 1) a businessman w\/o common sense, 2) a physicist w\/o brain & 3) a speculator without balls”- @nntaleb Genius Permalink<\/a> 8:23 AM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I love statistical rigor more than I hate Monsanto.
\n—
\nInvestigate before spreading conspiracies. @AdrienClavel Permalink<\/a> 7:56 AM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Central delusion: classic liberals who tolerate large corporations but not big government; nonclassicliberals who make the opposite mistake. Permalink<\/a> 7:53 AM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Reminds me of an argument by the imbecile Pat Buchanan that “smoking bans are costing jobs” @DavidBCollum Permalink<\/a> 7:47 AM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Hillary Clinton Monsanto-Malmaison represents shoddy cronyism: How to game the political system to get rich. http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/daily\/2016\/01\/30\/clinton-system-donor-machine-2016-election\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:14 AM – 14 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I did it vertically for space. @CutTheKnotMath Permalink<\/a> 12:38 PM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Speculative Aramaic Philology: Root of Lev. & Ar. 3olm \u0639\u0644\u0645 (knowledge) is Aramaic “strength”, => 3alma young woman. pic.twitter.com\/WjoGAU3j6p<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:52 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Speculative philology of the day: Dakhilak (“I implore you”) in Levantine comes from Western Aramaic (Takhl, takhlak) Permalink<\/a> 10:12 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Michael Spagat makes egregious errors of significance in a journal called “Significance”, (in comments on Pinker) pic.twitter.com\/VvXsdL5rt6<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is the kind of BS charlatans use to sell their products, with “appeal” to “harming the poor”. Charlatan! https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrmead\/status\/698552289053650944 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:27 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb U.S. readers, have you pre-ordered 2 copies of @peterfrankopan’s book, out Tuesday? You need 2 in case you lose one.
\nhttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Silk-Roads-New-History-World\/dp\/1101946326\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455381152&sr=8-1&keywords=frankopan <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:34 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A reminder that the last main external battle won by people from what is now Saudi Arabia is Yarmuk in 636 AD. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent\/status\/698432890091282432 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:30 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Speculative philology du jour:”sahra” in Levantine (night conv)<=Aramaic “sahr” from “moon”:Cannanite \u05e1\u05b7\u05ab\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8=”round” pic.twitter.com\/MOLVomVICO<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:47 AM – 13 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb As much as I despise Monsanto, it is not a good idea to start accusing immediately w\/o deeper statistical scrutiny. https:\/\/twitter.com\/food_democracy\/status\/698234383082328068 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:06 PM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I mean “deemed” rather than “defined”. Permalink<\/a> 9:10 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Slides for lecture on Logic of Risk Taking
\nBest definition of rationality: what Cass Sunstein defines as irrational pic.twitter.com\/9aOrKpqYGa<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:08 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You can soon expect some message that it is “unscientific” to worry about the link involving a Monsanto product.
\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/698149294759612416 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:14 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb All theories are to be deemed conspiracy theories … until Monsanto fights it with shills on social media. https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/698149294759612416 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:03 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Something to investigate https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/698149294759612416 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:46 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The imbecile should FIRST provide or conduct a proper risk analysis, THEN complain. #BSVending https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbkell\/status\/698128664618209280 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:37 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The Precautionary Principle page has more details
\nhttp:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:51 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A reminder that the “science” behind GMOs is largely P.R., no proper risk studies ever done. pic.twitter.com\/FFmEobBET9<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:25 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Precisely the problem that debt is building and at low rates. If govts need to refinance…. Fragile! @jweinryt @econbuttonwood Permalink<\/a> 4:22 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n

@econbuttonwood Deleveraging? What deleveraging? Chart from Manoj Pradhan at Morgan Stanley pic.twitter.com\/rws8vQboIU<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:46 AM – 12 Feb 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@nntaleb Fat Tony, how can I be less unsuccesful? -have no prsonl assstnt\/sectry -But then I can’t schedule meetings, answer mail -That’s the point. Permalink 6:51 PM – 14 Feb 2016 @nntaleb No worries: the courage & military prowess of the prediabetic pple of SaudiBarbaria limits to terrorism: just unarmed civilians as in Sept11 Permalink […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[1164,1192,1193,1194,64,791,1195],"class_list":["post-8284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-bs-vendors","tag-class-warfare","tag-cronyism","tag-dakhilak","tag-fat-tony","tag-gmos","tag-peter-frankopan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8288,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions\/8288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}