{"id":8423,"date":"2016-07-14T22:48:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T05:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8423"},"modified":"2016-07-14T22:48:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T05:48:44","slug":"gmos-monsanto-ramanujan-philip-tetlock-max-abrahms-golden-rice-blair-preasymtotics-john-gray-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/gmos-monsanto-ramanujan-philip-tetlock-max-abrahms-golden-rice-blair-preasymtotics-john-gray-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"GMOs, Monsanto, Ramanujan, Philip Tetlock, Max Abrahms, Golden Rice, Blair, Preasymtotics, John Gray, Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@EcoWatch #Obama Expected to Sign Industry-Backed #GMO Label Bill Into Law <a href=\"http:\/\/rbl.ms\/29FKHvt \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rbl.ms\/29FKHvt <\/a>\u00a0 @nongmoreport @foodandwater @OrganicConsumer @EWG <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EcoWatch\/status\/753616340062052352\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:45 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@mjd1735 @ziadaboujamra @nntaleb @herrlichmann @AmbJohnBolton @zbig @SonyKapoor @EliLake @ishaantharoor Probability Question:<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/fniXcZysLF\">pic.twitter.com\/fniXcZysLF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mjd1735\/status\/753736274838781953\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:41 PM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@yaneerbaryam Regulatory capture overriding Vermont GMO labeling bill: Why Activists Are Unhappy With New GMO Labeling Legislation<a href=\"http:\/\/ti.me\/2adnKLH \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ti.me\/2adnKLH <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/753673532471664640\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:32 PM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Moving stuff to <a href=\"http:\/\/Academia.edu \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/Academia.edu <\/a>\u00a0 The Skin In The Game Heuristic for Protection Against Tail Events<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26989481\/The_Skin_In_The_Game_Heuristic_for_Protection_Against_Tail_Events?s=t \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26989481\/The_Skin_In_The_Game_Heuristic_for_Protection_Against_Tail_Events?s=t <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753664239311683584\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:55 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@rahul_goa @nntaleb @vivakermani @normonics @yaneerbaryam Have annotated your image to show the &#8216;fundamental difference&#8217; risk<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/wMDBbvEhKX\">pic.twitter.com\/wMDBbvEhKX<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rahul_goa\/status\/753617056331812865\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:48 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Monsanto pulled no stop trying to discredit me: 1000 mails to Univ (!),&gt;1000 shill posts. Nada. F***you money works.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenMcCarthy\/status\/753583908508278784 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenMcCarthy\/status\/753583908508278784 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753585875305586688\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:44 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Compare shrinking sales of Monsanto GMOs to organic. Explains the HUGE lobby effort\/shilling for GMOs.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/wYdLcDhezw\">pic.twitter.com\/wYdLcDhezw<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753577346842685440\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:10 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb GMO issue is ignorance of the properties of complex systems\/fattails (Monsanto&#8217;s 107 Nobels, 80y.o. are 50 y behind)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trisweb\/status\/753574340168388608 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/trisweb\/status\/753574340168388608 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753575986613084160\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:04 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Some new proofs for preasymptotic behavior of exponential distribution and subexponential class.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/F57u7IWH2J\">pic.twitter.com\/F57u7IWH2J<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753570630843375617\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:43 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb For an idea of what&#8217;s expected frm technology\/&#8221;growth&#8221; biz, look at AMZN vs MON. GMOs are in decline,organic growing<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/5oUyERBzav\">pic.twitter.com\/5oUyERBzav<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753557968155803650\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:53 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Good news re GMOs: I&#8217;ve never seen a real technology SHRINK yet survive, in spite of intense lobbying\/shilling. Why Monsanto needs buyer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753554385091919872\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:39 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Bottom:Monsanto is a sick company,sales &lt;2010,hence active GMO shilling w\/Henry I Miller etc <a href=\"http:\/\/usrtk.org\/hall-of-shame\/why-you-cant-trust-henry-miller-on-gmos\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/usrtk.org\/hall-of-shame\/why-you-cant-trust-henry-miller-on-gmos\/ <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cl6iDsZEBG\">pic.twitter.com\/cl6iDsZEBG<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753552689624145920\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:32 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Point: except for Mishnah Torah Maimonides wrote his major work in Arabic aiming at Islamic\/Abrahamic readers @yzilber @HannahHedgehog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753411440049094656\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:10 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If OBD- Y&#8230; Or explicit Abd-Allah is so common in Semitic &amp; preIslamic cultures it has to hark back to OVD-EL @amaatouq @kaplanfat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753410377157861376\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:06 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Also Abdallah was translated into latin as Amadeus and Gr as Theophilos @amaatouq @kaplanfat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753406515948744704\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:51 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb .@amaatouq @kaplanfat I read Islamic commentaries of Dalat al Ha2rin (perplexed) he was allowed to make pronouncements on Islamic law. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753404510287126528\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:43 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Abdallah is a pre-Islamic name. Evidence is easy: guess.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaplanfat\/status\/753398371390545920 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaplanfat\/status\/753398371390545920 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753398885243031552\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:21 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Abdallah was common among Iraqi Jews it is Obadiah @HannahHedgehog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753396176204996612\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:10 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Was surprised to see Ibn Abdallah in Maimonides name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Maimonides \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.newworldencyclopedia.org\/entry\/Maimonides <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753386148144316417\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:30 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Maimonides name is Ibn Abdallah. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753384796101935104\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:25 PM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The tiniest accolade from a classicist &amp; erudite like @ArmandDAngour is worth &gt;&gt;&gt; any compliment\/prize\/praisebyjourno etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753205069806526464\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:30 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The strategy for meal-debates is to order mezze style so you can eat other&#8217;s food (frog legs) as they are fighting.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752307005331742720 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752307005331742720 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753203385667559424\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:24 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) Do not read books on time management\/MBAbullshit 2) Do nothing that bores you &amp; stop before something gets dull<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pdanielcabral\/status\/753195514376564737 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/pdanielcabral\/status\/753195514376564737 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753198628093698049\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:05 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And sources for dabbaq in Arabic are scant; suspected Syriac origin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baheth.info\/all.jsp?term= \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.baheth.info\/all.jsp?term= <\/a>\u00a0\u062f\u0628\u0642<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/4rFAEEA5f1\">pic.twitter.com\/4rFAEEA5f1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753196058768015360\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:55 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Extension: dabba2, &#8220;sticky fingers&#8221; prob. comes from same root DBS, with corruption of SH =&gt;Aleph <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753194477716660224\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:48 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Syrup itself in English, like &#8220;sorbet&#8221; coming probably from &#8220;SRB&#8221; to drink (Shurba) [an iced fruit cocoction] @ArmandDAngour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753193733022224384\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:45 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb In other words DBS= glue, applies to both syrup and honey @ArmandDAngour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753193350505828352\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:44 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Levantine roots du jour: 3asal=honey from Arabic 3asal, debs=syrup from Aramaic honey &amp; syrup. (in Heb honey=DBSH)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/gNeNVxFdbA\">pic.twitter.com\/gNeNVxFdbA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753193057722494976\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb How GMOs are a fundamentally different process than other modifications, no track record. @normonics @yaneerbaryam<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/9mo914nEan\">pic.twitter.com\/9mo914nEan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753184128166666240\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:07 AM &#8211; 13 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Continued: &#8220;For Ramanujan proofs were some strange European custom&#8230;&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/k6PR0JE5Bk\">pic.twitter.com\/k6PR0JE5Bk<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753038865506631680\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:30 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2\/2 Great book; Ramanujan is a &#8220;mathematical tinkerer&#8221; vs Hardy who worked from rulebook. Invites tinkering on Mathematica @stephen_wolfram <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753036356067135489\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:20 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Excellent! Only read on mathematicians by insiders.&#8221;Math=Youth&#8221;disappears when adjtd by life expect @stephen_wolfram<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/52AzjK5asR\">pic.twitter.com\/52AzjK5asR<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753034199276351488\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:11 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The dialogue worked as when we switched to the solution, everyone was in agreement:decentralization @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus @yaneerbaryam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753029807588438018\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:54 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb For the record, for personal ethics, I do not comment abt @PTetlock&#8217;s works, etc; I only respond to psychobullshit about my own work. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752988562757484544\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:10 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Here is paper, MrTetlock stop your psyshoBS show where explicit before Peters\/Gell-mann <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTetlock\/status\/752832543158833156 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTetlock\/status\/752832543158833156 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752985622445453314\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:58 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Stop the bullshit: These are NOT counterexamples. Show me a SINGLE social paper that accounts for time prob problem.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTetlock\/status\/752832543158833156 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTetlock\/status\/752832543158833156 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752984823459934212\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:55 PM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Nice convergence of ideas on decentralization! Dialogue works! @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus @yaneerbaryam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752891444080160768\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:44 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Evidence that @Confusezeus is getting Salafi funding!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/habibahamid\/status\/752874960780230656 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/habibahamid\/status\/752874960780230656 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752878425002635264\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:52 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The Cambridge Debate @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus @yaneerbaryam<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/UPnQtnkZvr\">pic.twitter.com\/UPnQtnkZvr<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752875728824311808\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:42 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I am witnessing a bitter fight between @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus over ISIS\/IRGC on a cafe terrace in Cambridge with @yaneerbaryam laughing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752873980890144769\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:35 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@MaxAbrahms @nntaleb @Confusezeus Apologists want people to think ISIS is defensive, not predatory. But ISIS wants to strike every country in the world. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/752845977543999488\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:44 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb ISIS apologists are never explicit; they say&#8221; ISIS is bad.. but&#8221; &amp; offer some comparison @Confusezeus @MaxAbrahms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752838322758746112\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:13 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Outside of Kelly criterion (still implicit) finance profs make ergodicity mistake. @yzilber @PTetlock @LionsWatson @pale_blue_dot__ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752837354012995585\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:09 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb ISIS apologists keep pouding &#8220;comparative&#8221; arguments (Crusades, IRGC, Pilgrims, Assad) &#8211;typically as here, lame. @Confusezeus @MaxAbrahms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752837052333428736\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:08 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This is to debunk the BS: ALL social science\/decision theory is missing the point. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2016-05-12\/nassim-taleb-on-the-importance-of-probability \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2016-05-12\/nassim-taleb-on-the-importance-of-probability <\/a>\u00a0 @PTetlock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752831346804944896\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:45 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The point is that you cannot naively use probability for gambles @ardalby @PTetlock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752830974510166016\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:44 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And here is our revision to reflect Peters &amp; Gell-Mann <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 @a_random_otter @PTetlock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752830717487353857\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Not at all. First result (Other than ours) was shown in Gell-Mann Peters <a href=\"https:\/\/publishing.aip.org\/publishing\/journal-highlights\/exploring-gambles-reveals-foundational-difficulty-behind-economic \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/publishing.aip.org\/publishing\/journal-highlights\/exploring-gambles-reveals-foundational-difficulty-behind-economic <\/a>\u00a0 @a_random_otter @PTetlock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752830093781762048\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:40 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Show ONE paper in social science identifying ergodicity. ONE. @PTetlock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752828459810955264\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:34 AM &#8211; 12 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The #DNDL category is just a fuzzy marker. But deadlifting is a state of mind.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDiPaolaMD\/status\/752653334293647360 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDiPaolaMD\/status\/752653334293647360 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752672557757788160\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:14 PM &#8211; 11 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The S\u00e9ralini case is an interesting way to learn about smear campaign. Meanwhile we are finishing the PP paper.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyruskin\/status\/752523326036250624 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyruskin\/status\/752523326036250624 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752626592329789440\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:12 PM &#8211; 11 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@caitlinrgreen Thanet, Tanit &amp; the Phoenicians: Names, Archaeology &amp; Pre-Roman Trading Settlements in Kent? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caitlingreen.org\/2015\/04\/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.caitlingreen.org\/2015\/04\/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Npezp0bx9f\">pic.twitter.com\/Npezp0bx9f<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/caitlinrgreen\/status\/590444130351902720\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:17 AM &#8211; 21 Apr 2015<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Never argue with people in private (you will not convince them); argue in public to convince others. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752555912435556353\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:31 AM &#8211; 11 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@MohsenGTW @Confusezeus does IRGC consider Sunnis apostates or enslave people? Do you read Persian? Do you have a brain? @nntaleb @MaxAbrahms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MohsenGTW\/status\/752498378395844609\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:42 AM &#8211; 11 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Max&#8217;s argument: whatever detractors call a &#8220;Shia threat&#8221; is 100% local. Salafis have global aims (NY, Paris&#8230;) @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752497842636414977\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:40 AM &#8211; 11 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Nadim is v. open to both discussions &amp; frog legs. 2 more trips to Boston Max &amp; I will change his position @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752483107614457860\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:42 AM &#8211; 11 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Nadim, a Christian Lebanese &amp; Saudi Barbaria apologist, has the Stockholm syndrome common to many Lebs in policy. @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752313977259036672\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:30 PM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb So far Nadim has not been able to bring any logical or empirical argument against Max. I am just eating frog legs. @MaxAbrahms @Confusezeus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752312616110985216\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:24 PM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb With @MaxAbrahms in a heated debate with Nadim Shehadi @Confusezeus who sides with Saudi Barbaria. (Frog legs)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/5mJLrTOS0P\">pic.twitter.com\/5mJLrTOS0P<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752307005331742720\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:02 PM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb With @MaxAbrahms in a heated debate with Nadim Shehadi @Confusezeus who sides with Saudi Barbaria. (Frog legs)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/woFBtaorE1\">pic.twitter.com\/woFBtaorE1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752306998742573057\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:02 PM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Finally, instead of driving to Boston, forgot about time, and proved the Lognormal convergence theorems!<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/rcGlVOpPZ1\">pic.twitter.com\/rcGlVOpPZ1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752144157133664256\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:15 AM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Try the Inequalities cheat cheat @neilchriss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lkozma.net\/inequalities_cheat_sheet\/ineq.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lkozma.net\/inequalities_cheat_sheet\/ineq.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752099651180978176\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:18 AM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Inverse Touring Test: The more you can be computerized, the less human you are.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaclavien\/status\/751534001156984834 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliaclavien\/status\/751534001156984834 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/752093822788698112\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:55 AM &#8211; 10 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@kylef 500kg deadlift. Eddie Hall trying to Make Britain Great Again<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T9Y4o_BqC0A \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/T9Y4o_BqC0A <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kylef\/status\/751935786262507520\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:27 PM &#8211; 9 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Semiticology dujour: Semitic lang,unlike most Indo-Euro, have &#8220;day&#8221; (YWM) for 24 h &amp;different &#8220;day&#8221; for the diurnal.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/n8Mrdm9Vpc\">pic.twitter.com\/n8Mrdm9Vpc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751778139471224832\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:00 AM &#8211; 9 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Define &#8220;nitpicking&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marina_the_Th\/status\/751772227532619776 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marina_the_Th\/status\/751772227532619776 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751773917325455360\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:44 AM &#8211; 9 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A &#8220;nice person&#8221; is someone principally nice to those he\/she doesn&#8217;t need to be nice to. #DailyEthics #Shillary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751771987941462016\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:36 AM &#8211; 9 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb At the core, with EU, people conflated 1) coordination of common (local) interests with 2) subjugation to a central authority <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751747365640503296\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:58 AM &#8211; 9 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb More on Influences of Semitic roots in Egyptian language; pre-Islamic pre-Arabic <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=GkcABAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA540&amp;dq=tlb+semitic&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjq7qCtp-bNAhUEcz4KHZo8A-sQ6AEISDAI#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=GkcABAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA540&amp;dq=tlb+semitic&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjq7qCtp-bNAhUEcz4KHZo8A-sQ6AEISDAI#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false <\/a>\u00a0 @lameensouag <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751745222426722304\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:50 AM &#8211; 9 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Hawn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/notebook.htm \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/notebook.htm <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhmalek\/status\/751525386589237248 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mhmalek\/status\/751525386589237248 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751533648038522881\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:49 PM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Sakker shebbak w&#8217;ttala3 la barra&#8221; Levantine &amp;~Aramaic. &#8220;Iqful el nafizah wa inthur ilal 5arij&#8221; Arabic. Rquires a mental defect to not see. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751498511372390400\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:29 PM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The plot thickens. As***le. [2 words] &#8220;Bu5sh Tizo&#8221; Levantine &#8220;Bu5sh Tizo&#8221; Aramaic &#8220;Thaqb Iliatihi&#8221; Arabic<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/JJ2ZJzEhhe\">pic.twitter.com\/JJ2ZJzEhhe<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751496124511453184\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:20 PM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Zammar 3a l&#8217;kou3&#8221; Levantine &#8220;Zammar 3a l&#8217;kou3&#8221; Aramaic &#8220;Inshud 3al mun3atif&#8221; Arabic One has to be blind to not see<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/d8HiWiQwmN\">pic.twitter.com\/d8HiWiQwmN<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751494015133122560\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:11 PM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Public sector work should not be an investment strategy. @AustinGreen<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/fVqdqYp3Xv\">pic.twitter.com\/fVqdqYp3Xv<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751493238259871744\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:08 PM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Single most potent arg. agst Centralized EU bureaucratistan: will be eventually owned by Goldman Sacks &amp; Monsanto.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/751481083309486080 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/751481083309486080 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751485155701907456\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:36 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb It reeks of something all across. Read the paper [ASSUMING YOU TRUST RESULTS], read my p-value paper, let&#8217;s talk. @ryanbriggs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751440209884184577\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:38 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The problem of Golden rice is side effects on system. Never take risks you don&#8217;t understand if you can do as well w\/those you do. @raphaels7 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751433134009442306\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:09 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Hahahaha! &#8220;\u03b2-Carotene in Golden Rice is as good as \u03b2-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children\u201d RETRACTED <a href=\"http:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2015\/07\/30\/golden-rice-paper-pulled-after-judge-rules-for-journal\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2015\/07\/30\/golden-rice-paper-pulled-after-judge-rules-for-journal\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751426092985118720\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:41 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb In Antifragile &amp; ALL socsci misses ergodicity\/tails <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 @LionsWatson @pale_blue_dot__ @PTetlock<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/yP65WqHtLB\">pic.twitter.com\/yP65WqHtLB<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751394168002478080\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Adding tutorials to lectures: Probability &amp; Integral Transforms. Sense the shape of the distribution from its dual.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cqaLizQKwT\">pic.twitter.com\/cqaLizQKwT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751384448701202432\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:56 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 62 out of 63 finance\/econ academics who traded engaged in tail selling strategies (a la LTCM )&gt;&gt; practitioners. @pale_blue_dot__ @PTetlock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751372085562310657\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:07 AM &#8211; 8 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The IYI (Intellectual Yet Idiot) post has been read by 1.6 mil across social media. Bypass established IYI media!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/746879505659207680 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/746879505659207680 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751192428695224320\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:13 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@PaleoPhil @catsdad101 @nntaleb &#8220;Some people invoke \u201cthe naturalistic fallacy,\u201d a philosophical concept that is limited to the moral domain.&#8221; -NNT 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PaleoPhil\/status\/751175703765389313\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:06 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Next week in Boston w\/@yaneerbaryam revising PP, adding computational complexity \/NP. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/NZJndoarIS\">pic.twitter.com\/NZJndoarIS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751135214114668544\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:26 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Someone wrote a more polite critique of that ignorant #neiltyson idea of Rationalia.<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/29baqdS \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/29baqdS <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751131987109437440\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:13 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The InverseExpert is part of SKIN IN THE GAME. The problem is that, without SITG, inverse experts dominate.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billpowers1970\/status\/751106877396746240 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/billpowers1970\/status\/751106877396746240 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751107220776095744\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:34 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Food Corp. (incl. Evil Monsanto) are scared of the minority rule. But they&#8217;ve lost anyway. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/minority.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/minority.pdf <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/751063380081905664 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/751063380081905664 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751106657359454208\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:32 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Expert: knows stuff NonExpert: me on Turkish grammar InverseExpert: Do oppositel; Brusselcrats, Sunstein,Stiglitz,Thaler,Merton,Scholes,etc. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751105278821761024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:27 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Those who think Levantine is a &#8220;dialect&#8221;of Arabic don&#8217;t know Aramaic\/Semitic lang <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/notebook.htm \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/notebook.htm <\/a>\u00a0 @HouariBdz @abisinello @LinaArabii <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751096168025825281\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb \u0639\u064a\u062f \u0641\u0637\u0631 \u0645\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0643. \u064a\u0646\u0639\u0627\u062f \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0645 \u0628\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u0629 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0629. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751087689894621184\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:17 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@abisinello Lebanese risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb vs Garry Kasparov on military interventions in the Middle East.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/SNSxSC7dt1\">pic.twitter.com\/SNSxSC7dt1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/abisinello\/status\/747896782047354882\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:57 PM &#8211; 28 Jun 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Another explanation of Scale Dependent Properties: Some may believe *armies create wars* but nobody sane believes *police create robberies*. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751073290895187968\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:20 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Scientism of the idiot&#8221; (GMO #neiltyson): belief that one should replace a natural hand with an artificial one to satisfy &#8220;sc. progress&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751061192475545600\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Pinker&#8217;s book relies on a lot of words that hide absence of a CENTRAL detail. @DrCirillo @JonathanWaxman1<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/lOLqybUVjA\">pic.twitter.com\/lOLqybUVjA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751043841696927744\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:23 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Statistical science (via prob theo) sets naturally the limits of statistical science. <a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1691165&amp;download=yes \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1691165&amp;download=yes <\/a>\u00a0 @psybertron @JonathanWaxman1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751035945667948545\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:51 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Problem with Pinker boy is that he made statistical claims without knowing what he is talking about. @JonathanWaxman1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751034249566912512\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:44 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb All cheap tawk. Blair should be forced to live the rest of his life in Bagdad\/Mosul, or Raqqah. #skininthegame<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGreenParty\/status\/750642762203009024 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGreenParty\/status\/750642762203009024 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751033544408006656\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:42 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb What are the odds that someone expressing distress at the &#8220;choice&#8221; w\/ the two presidential candidates (who will vote) would vote Trump? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751033112545538048\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:40 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Economics\/philosopy prof does not count as &#8220;proper job&#8221;. Actually, reverse. Kapish? @miamoisio @JonathanWaxman1 @_Foolosophy_ @Nigel_Farage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/751031264476532737\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:33 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@food_democracy These brave Senators stood w\/ the American public over backroom deals to label GMOs! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/29p69Ra \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/29p69Ra <\/a>\u00a0 #Heroes<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/DN8Badw8wA\">pic.twitter.com\/DN8Badw8wA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/food_democracy\/status\/750876195659649024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:16 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Delenda est Monsanto; [&#8230;] Ceterum, censeo &#8230; Delenda Monsanto est<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NonGMOProject\/status\/750802613071863809 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NonGMOProject\/status\/750802613071863809 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750805832061841409\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:37 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb When I saw @Nigel_Farage telling the empty suits in Brussels &#8220;none of you had a proper job&#8221;, I knew he had been a trader. Turned out he was. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750801272446615552\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:19 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Similarly: Nobody should ever hold office unless he\/she had a &#8220;proper job&#8221; (outside politics\/tawking) for at least 10 years and 3 months. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750799860660666368\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:13 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb With funding cuts as w\/fall of Soviet Union, academics are laid off. What will an academic economist be used for? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750772213809352705\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:23 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Q: How many of the IYI who think Brexit is &#8220;irrational&#8221; + Thought Iraq was a good idea + Think GMOs are safe, &#8220;science&#8221; not scientism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750749214733430784\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:52 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb So you think you understand enough of the workings of the world to pronounce pro-Brexit as &#8220;stupid&#8221;? I hold the exact opposite. @ianbremmer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750742991707467777\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:27 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb How to purify academic research from BS, remove the ritualistic game, make it real. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10153956847823375 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10153956847823375 <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/GAYiDrRmZn\">pic.twitter.com\/GAYiDrRmZn<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750695684660224000\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:19 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Son grand theme est le d\u00e9clin de l&#8217;universitaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val au profit de l&#8217;intellectuel humaniste. @OHSAISONS @AlexDroite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750669671641284608\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:36 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb For researchers, a day job should be mandatory: Patent clerc Lensmaker Rentier Country priest Postman Mafia operative Trader @AlexDroite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750659219783835648\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:54 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb In Academia, abt everyone, individually,knows 99% of research are substance-free ritualistic BS but,collectively,behaves as if it weren&#8217;t so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750658532207386624\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:51 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Le Goff despised academia; praised research by nonteachers. @AlexDroite<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/aQm9rMlcxD\">pic.twitter.com\/aQm9rMlcxD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750654734550401025\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:36 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Uploaded &#8216;The Decline of Violent Conflicts: What Do The Data Really Say&#8217; [debunking Pinker BS]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26772813\/The_Decline_of_Violent_Conflicts_What_Do_The_Data_Really_Say \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26772813\/The_Decline_of_Violent_Conflicts_What_Do_The_Data_Really_Say <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750653349008175105\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:31 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@jeorgen Taleb keeps bringing down the modernist project. The high priests of scientism (not real science) need to be exposed<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750488970425954304 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750488970425954304 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jeorgen\/status\/750611317564829696\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:44 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The answer is: no.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonnicit\/status\/750518265043161088 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonnicit\/status\/750518265043161088 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750522715572998144\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:52 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I worked 21y full-time in a highly stressful job, researched, studied &amp; wrote 3 books at night. I have NO sympathy for entitlement-academia. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750501063296487425\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:26 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Brilliant, citable: &#8220;a set of fixed rituals around grant proposals&#8221; Saifedean Ammous @saifedean <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750499519318618112\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:20 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If you have to be told how to do research, don&#8217;t do research. @BeOpsguy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750496229294047232\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:06 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The results that came from industry yet misappropriated by academic PR machine &#8220;lecturing birds how to fly&#8221;.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/DiDe3FaSig\">pic.twitter.com\/DiDe3FaSig<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750488970425954304\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:38 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The main result of Borel was published in obscure &#8220;Palermo math circle&#8221; &#8220;Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo&#8221; @neilchriss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750487054065238016\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:30 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@_jmgomez_ @pasku1 I prefer the other one from @nntaleb,&#8221;Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love;the surface but,to the nonsucker,not&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_jmgomez_\/status\/750482914392084480\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:14 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@habibh Lebanese Entrepreneurs Are Coming Home, and Bringing Billions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozy.com\/fast-forward\/lebanese-entrepreneurs-are-coming-home-and-bringing-billions\/70407#.V3ufGzir2jQ.twitter \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ozy.com\/fast-forward\/lebanese-entrepreneurs-are-coming-home-and-bringing-billions\/70407#.V3ufGzir2jQ.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 via @ozy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/habibh\/status\/750295916070969344\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:51 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb No. 2 chapters in #Antifragile. Academ produced &lt;&lt; than industry\/freelance in spite of resources; good PR machine.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albertop78\/status\/750451396877615105 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/albertop78\/status\/750451396877615105 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750454422212382720\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:20 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I know a few people who published several hundred papers without saying anything. Academia shd focus on education; decommoditize research. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750427269986971649\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:32 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb You &#8220;need&#8221; academia to do research about as much as you &#8220;need&#8221; a tractor to tour New York City.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/1c5plbZhcO\">pic.twitter.com\/1c5plbZhcO<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750415589064208384\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:46 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ad Hominem is legit if the record links to the opinion (SITG). Don&#8217;t ask a blown up trader to evaluate tail risk.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InjuredThales\/status\/750402931719958528 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/InjuredThales\/status\/750402931719958528 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750405214251917312\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:05 PM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The only reason we don&#8217;t see the difficulties of the Lognormal is because finance pple work w\/daily sig=.005-.01; things blow up at sig &gt;1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750384676565573633\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:43 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Joining Academia to do research is like joining the mafia to learn Italian. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750362619371028480\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:16 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@FrankQuattrone Says the man who once indicted me over a 23-word email that encouraged my team to save subpoenaed documents<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/recode\/status\/750349802269990912 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/recode\/status\/750349802269990912 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FrankQuattrone\/status\/750351341717901314\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:31 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb It IS ad hominem: Nobelled supporting GMOs w\/sole backup their &#8220;credibility&#8221;, not derivations. Hence EXPERTISE is fair game @ademarcisnegro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750356489177559044\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:51 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Nobel laureate GMO promoter presided over firm that lost billions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmwatch.org\/news\/latest-news\/17091-nobel-laureate-who-signed-letter-promoting-gmos-presided-over-firm-that-lost-billions \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gmwatch.org\/news\/latest-news\/17091-nobel-laureate-who-signed-letter-promoting-gmos-presided-over-firm-that-lost-billions <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750348440815763456\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:19 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@tparsi Stunning piece on how Saudi\/Qatari funded mosques are spreading Salafism and secterianism in Swedish (!) suburbs&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expressen.se\/nyheter\/longread\/utanforskapet-inifran\/har-i-orebro-vill-jag-rycka-tag-i-barnen-och-saga-ingen-mer-ska-till-paradiset\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.expressen.se\/nyheter\/longread\/utanforskapet-inifran\/har-i-orebro-vill-jag-rycka-tag-i-barnen-och-saga-ingen-mer-ska-till-paradiset\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tparsi\/status\/750194762322419712\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:09 PM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Lognormal is hardest of distributions in preasymtotics: sums behave erratically; no MGF\/CHF. Back to stand up desk.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/qByDXtg2xk\">pic.twitter.com\/qByDXtg2xk<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750325988102381568\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:50 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The last step in the 3000 year Semitic convergence to pure, abstract, obsessive &amp; uncompromising monotheism.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/byzantinepower\/status\/750282289519538176 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/byzantinepower\/status\/750282289519538176 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750317697368465408\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:17 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Hillary Monsanto-Malmaison, warmonger WikiLeaks Releases Over 1,000 Clinton Iraq War Emails &#8211; Breitbart<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/29hg7rC \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/29hg7rC <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750145322735788032\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:52 PM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb QUESTION 1:What are the animals that don&#8217;t appear to age &amp; what is their life expectancy? QUESTION 2:Are there human organs that don&#8217;t age? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750058438600916993\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:07 PM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb ANSWER: Life expect. wld be, at 0,50,100, 1000 ~1\/p ( p is fatal accident rate). (But human race wd go extinct, as no evol. if env. changes) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/750044046874275840\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:10 PM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Capicoli pronounced &#8220;Gabagool&#8221; @pwalnuts1156 @CGasparino @EmanuelDerman @mndl_nyc <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749971033587851264\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:20 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Fucking idiot, &#8220;criticism&#8221; is something specific (e.g. &#8220;Theorem x is wrong&#8221;) or backed-up not drunken BS spouted in a bar. @PieterDuboisFI <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749970295843352576\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:17 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2\/2 Sicilian is so different from Tuscan that for a long time Cavour thought that Sicilians were still speaking Arabic. @EmanuelDerman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749969155743449088\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:12 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1\/2 Not &#8220;Italian&#8221;: Sicilian &amp; Calabrese (&#8220;Kalabez&#8221;), don&#8217;t pronounce the last vowel a la Tuscan. Also &#8220;Gabish&#8221;. @EmanuelDerman @mndl_nyc <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749968283105914881\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:09 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb People think in sub-log scale. For the crowds, 350 billion and 350 millions aren&#8217;t too different. @diomavro @vaLondon @kateantiquity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749958987177660416\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:32 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb There is a minority of trolls on the web (&lt;1% trolling 95%). Shut them down &amp; life gets much much better <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/smear.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/smear.html <\/a>\u00a0 @mndl_nyc <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749957313646198788\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:25 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb You are not Kapishing the problem. There are disagreements, &amp; there is trolling. Latter is unconditional to content. @mndl_nyc <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749956810132557824\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:23 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb You need to shut down EU (made in linear 50s-70s) &amp; rebuild a la CHF in accordance w\/logic of complex systems. @kateantiquity @James_Raynard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749955900463517701\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:19 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Methodology with twitter: Typical troll by BS-vendors (doesn&#8217;t show *where* wrong). Block him and ALL his followers.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/5qG0cKgECR\">pic.twitter.com\/5qG0cKgECR<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749952031968952320\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:04 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Don&#8217;t look for proximate cause: You can&#8217;t have 1)voting rights, 2)social media, and 3)patronizing elite at once @kateantiquity <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749941535731511296\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:22 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb P-VALUES: Added a paper on <a href=\"http:\/\/Academia.edu \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/Academia.edu <\/a>\u00a0 : why p-values are BS\/cannot be used for risk analyses.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26704758\/The_Meta-Distribution_of_Standard_P-Values \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26704758\/The_Meta-Distribution_of_Standard_P-Values <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749939814842109952\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The Great John Gray on Brexit:<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/M1vTHrxYxT\">pic.twitter.com\/M1vTHrxYxT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749935059495428097\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:57 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I thought I did with Antifragile and this paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26660005\/_Anti_Fragility_and_Convex_Responses_in_Medicine \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26660005\/_Anti_Fragility_and_Convex_Responses_in_Medicine <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDHabibi\/status\/749726795931521028 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDHabibi\/status\/749726795931521028 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749747544461348864\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:31 PM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The view of a complex system from a complex system science vantage point is different. Learn fron @yaneerbaryam !<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/749711891300220928 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/749711891300220928 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749715342482665473\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:24 PM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb QUIZ du jour: If humans didn&#8217;t age, how long would they live? What would their life expectancy be at 100 compared to that at 50? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749675281317761024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:44 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb In SILENT RISK:Anyone who utters expr. &#8220;Knightian Risk&#8221; or distinguishes betw &#8220;risk&#8221; &amp; &#8220;uncertainty&#8221; is incompetent:<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/9OYfeaBis2\">pic.twitter.com\/9OYfeaBis2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749658147787341824\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:36 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Changing SILENT RISK from 1 column book size to 2 columns 8 1\/2 by 1.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/wvKQnw9L5F\">pic.twitter.com\/wvKQnw9L5F<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749648717242888192\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:59 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@GhassanDahhan Sure! Just like those jihadis from France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, The Netherlands, Luxembourg &amp; Finland.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenRoth\/status\/749102157543026692 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenRoth\/status\/749102157543026692 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GhassanDahhan\/status\/749639345200590849\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:22 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Wittgenstein. He is the one who understood why religious beliefs should not be analyzed. @hamandcheese @ChrisSpoke @Chris_arnade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749636922256089088\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:12 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Even more weirdness on the part of the Lognormal<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Tv1qXTQgoi\">pic.twitter.com\/Tv1qXTQgoi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749615558467915776\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:47 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Single account is easiest&#8230;But some people are annoyed by heavy math, others love it. Everyone loves beating on @JustinWolfers @mjd1735 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749612334298046464\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:34 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Another way to check the weird fat-tailedness of the Lognormal.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/ZaGsczMyq8\">pic.twitter.com\/ZaGsczMyq8<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749611356945539073\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:30 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Twitter activities: + Busting BS vendors + Fighting evil firms (eg Monsanto) + Philology + Math\/prob + Squid ink <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749605989566050304\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:09 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb NYU human resources, dean, secretary, everyone was swamped with emails. @mjd1735 @carolhoernlein @AndreaSaltelli @philipbstark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749603708552548352\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:00 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Same Monsanto&#8217;s PR firm as the 107 Nobels send&gt;1500 emails to NYU pathologizing my GMO stance @carolhoernlein @AndreaSaltelli @philipbstark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749602898355585024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:57 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Squid ink with wine from Puglia, the crypto-Byzantine region of Italy. @joe54st<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/LcgMsyv2do\">pic.twitter.com\/LcgMsyv2do<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749405036673892353\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:50 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The imbecile didn&#8217;t read proof that PROBABILISTIC cost\/benefit fails under systemic ruin. <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabiusMaximus01\/status\/749354418647080960 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabiusMaximus01\/status\/749354418647080960 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749355168131649537\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:32 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Another one who doesn&#8217;t deadlift.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rgncny\/status\/748906900738244608 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/rgncny\/status\/748906900738244608 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749349581645869056\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:10 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Thing I learned today: Lognormal with high sigma (&gt;=4) behaves in convergence ~ like Cauchy, slow for v. large sums.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/jaWM1gnrgZ\">pic.twitter.com\/jaWM1gnrgZ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749348437418704897\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:06 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Zaki is also Aramaic (&#8220;Bass&#8221; interesting bec. from Persian=&gt;Hindi) All Expression Zaki Bass 7mar Aramaic. @Jaguita<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/eVPwQDHsAi\">pic.twitter.com\/eVPwQDHsAi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749341997920579584\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:40 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb IYI (Intellectual yet Idiot) from Levantine &#8220;Zaki bass 7mar&#8221; (&#8220;bass&#8221; is Aramaic from Md. Pers.);corresponds to Mod. Hebrew \u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d5\u05e9\u05d0 \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749320493430439936\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:15 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@tparsi This image by Saudi embassy needs to include data on the number of Salafi terrorists Saudi has funded &amp; created&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiEmbassyUSA\/status\/748512242627411968 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaudiEmbassyUSA\/status\/748512242627411968 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tparsi\/status\/749313909513981952\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:48 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I&#8217;d take any minute the decision of an imbecile over that of an educated imbecile.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749259342617214976 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749259342617214976 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749263698137583617\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:29 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My belief: &#8220;tawkers&#8221; are a bunch of nerds ignorant of complexity of systems, can&#8217;t find a coconut in Coconut island.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749208168081784832 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749208168081784832 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749259342617214976\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:12 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@DrCirillo If you kill variability, you kill selection. If you kill selection, you kill the markets. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/749227385254535168\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:05 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Wittgenstein&#8217;s ruler: Either &#8220;talkers&#8221;are smart &amp; voters are indeed stupid, or Voters are smart &amp; tawkers are stupid<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianbremmer\/status\/749206679577911296 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianbremmer\/status\/749206679577911296 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749208168081784832\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:48 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Our GMO discussion: The Precautionary Principle page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/EXphyFiBlT\">pic.twitter.com\/EXphyFiBlT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749207201244413952\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:44 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@SPWinterstein @nntaleb this boils down the problem in &#8220;John hit the ball&#8221; language that even I can understand. Elegant and true.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749041745661403136 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749041745661403136 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SPWinterstein\/status\/749069275189563393\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:36 PM &#8211; 1 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The #Brexit rebellion against &#8220;experts&#8221;: it is easier to macrobullshit than microbullshit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10153947005293375 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10153947005293375 <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/XeJ6l7hHzK\">pic.twitter.com\/XeJ6l7hHzK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749041745661403136\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:47 PM &#8211; 1 Jul 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Trying <a href=\"http:\/\/Academia.edu \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/Academia.edu <\/a>\u00a0 (Anti)Fragility and Convex Responses in Medicine<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26660005\/_Anti_Fragility_and_Convex_Responses_in_Medicine?s=t \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26660005\/_Anti_Fragility_and_Convex_Responses_in_Medicine?s=t <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/749032436701462532\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:10 PM &#8211; 1 Jul 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@EcoWatch #Obama Expected to Sign Industry-Backed #GMO Label Bill Into Law http:\/\/rbl.ms\/29FKHvt \u00a0 @nongmoreport @foodandwater @OrganicConsumer @EWG Permalink 8:45 AM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016 @mjd1735 @ziadaboujamra @nntaleb @herrlichmann @AmbJohnBolton @zbig @SonyKapoor @EliLake @ishaantharoor Probability Question:pic.twitter.com\/fniXcZysLF Permalink 4:41 PM &#8211; 14 Jul 2016 @yaneerbaryam Regulatory capture overriding Vermont GMO labeling bill: Why Activists Are Unhappy With [&hellip;]<\/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":[1300,1295,791,749,911,1299,823,728,1301,1298],"class_list":["post-8423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-blair","tag-brexit","tag-gmos","tag-golden-rice","tag-john-gray","tag-max-abrahms","tag-monsanto","tag-philip-tetlock","tag-preasymtotics","tag-ramanujan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423","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=8423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8425,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions\/8425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}