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@nntaleb Horace translated by Fat Tony: “Those you meet on the way up, you will also meet on the way down.” @ArmandDAngour @TijlDeconynck Permalink<\/a> 9:56 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This Epistle is Gold. @ArmandDAngourpic.twitter.com\/tslgg8xuWs<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:39 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Federal Reserve: Stultorum incurata pudor malus ulcera celat [Horace] The fool through excess modesty hides his wound instead of healing it. Permalink<\/a> 9:15 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2\/You don’t become economist by accident but genetic mutation: low curiosity\/erudition, inability to be bored by boring stuff, colorlessness Permalink<\/a> 8:37 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Who would you avoid in a street fight? A young economist who looks like an economist A 75 y.o. who deadlift >405 lbs Permalink<\/a> 8:07 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Incorporating 3ashura in Skin in the Game: “qorban” @ban_kanj @faleflixpic.twitter.com\/EGjszWuo24<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:50 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Friends are easy I need interesting enemies. @Spfannenschmidt Permalink<\/a> 5:33 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Pesticide (herbicide, insecticide,etc.) is systematically giving nature antibiotics followed by chemotherapy, & claim “no evidence” of harm. Permalink<\/a> 5:30 AM – 30 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ok, more squid ink (it’s Friday)pic.twitter.com\/UPsch6QjGr<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:20 PM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@Trader_Moe Only Taleb can uncover the connection btwn GMO & Soviet utopianism–both the product of idiot intellectuals.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/759080918392901632 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:50 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb One should call IYI people just what they are: Intellectuals Yet Idiots. @AdamThierer @hbkazemi33 @calestouspic.twitter.com\/ciiTgLio2l<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:39 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u0647\u0651\u0628 \u0645\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u0627\u0631 \u062d\u0635\u0627\u0646https:\/\/twitter.com\/dottorpax\/status\/759068152546390016 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:34 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Barba no facit philosophumhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/dottorpax\/status\/759068152546390016 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:05 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Fat Tony on Michael Bloomberg: “The man has never been self-owned; he is one of those who get more dependent as they get richer”. Permalink<\/a> 9:13 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2\/ When you have skin in the game, boring things like checking the safety of the aircraft cease to be boring. @nntaleb Permalink<\/a> 9:03 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Exactly the point!!!https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_nuttall\/status\/759046438743527426 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:33 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nothing can be both boring and truly important. Permalink<\/a> 8:21 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Note that Islamic contract law contains terms that are > Latin than Greek; Latin was used in Beirut School of Law. @Nb1769 @ByzantJustice Permalink<\/a> 7:54 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For fellow funded by Saudi$, investigate U.S.Wahabi preacher Joe Bradford. Hides under Xtian name @joebradfordnet @sylvainlp @GhassanDahhan Permalink<\/a> 5:50 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Paula, check this (3eli not Eliahu) for similarities. (The sect after death of sons). Hidden religion https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eli_(biblical_figure) <\/a>\u00a0 @schmittpaula Permalink<\/a> 5:46 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The French are starting to grow a mini-brain. But take the idea to its logical consequence: Saudi Barbaria.https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhassanDahhan\/status\/758994334033195010 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:21 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Low tech solutions (unlike GMOs) have no side effects! How \u2018Ugly\u2019 Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Solve World Hungerhttp:\/\/on.natgeo.com\/1Wemto5 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:20 AM – 29 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My review of Wolfram’s book https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R13FZJNTCNN34Q\/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1579550037 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:14 PM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Twitter friends, anyone knows of a Cat Bond ETF? Thanks. Permalink<\/a> 2:48 PM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Religious Texts are never precise enough–which explains longevity. “The devil can quote the scriptures for his own case” @candela3paz Permalink<\/a> 2:06 PM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The frauds I am currently exposing: +GMOs +Salafism\/SaudiBarbaria +Fallacies by IYI class: Pinker, economists, etc. http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:56 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Severe error to look at texts; observe social\/political behavior. Shiites act like Westerners (Catholicism of 50s) @schmittpaula @mtpollack Permalink<\/a> 7:55 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont) The error by West to classify Salafis as “religion”( #SaudiBarbaria propaganda); shd be criminalized as genocidal political movement. Permalink<\/a> 7:49 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The regulation of the cults by the state was proposed by Plato in Laws. Nobody cared for 800 y. Salafism an old ideapic.twitter.com\/RXoezTkpzS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb More probable that the source had a genetic mutation than the proba being unconditionally low. @John1ODea Permalink<\/a> 7:00 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Intellectual life is infected w\/ignorant BS vendors s.a. @michaelshermer who called Pinker’s book “well documented”.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/758648675203776513 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:21 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Armenians of Aleppo among the Christians and minorities extreminated in Syria.https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaArabii\/status\/724705703059972096 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:06 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont): Where Pinker is “not even wrong”: HIS data do not match HIS statements. BS Vending. https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26772813\/The_Decline_of_Violent_Conflicts_What_Do_The_Data_Really_Say <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/63PAfnw6LC<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:01 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Collecting comments on draft paper on decline of violence (Why Pinker’s thesis is *not even wrong* to be science).https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26772813\/The_Decline_of_Violent_Conflicts_What_Do_The_Data_Really_Say <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:06 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb To perpetuate a lie, you must whisper it, not shout it. Permalink<\/a> 4:35 AM – 28 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Explain your logical flaw: of course they have missiles pointed at us SINCE we are not allies. @spencer_chen Permalink<\/a> 3:53 PM – 27 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Iocus Russicae: Si Donaldus ascendit, Hilaria perdiderit Permalink<\/a> 10:45 AM – 27 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “My friend”: 1) politicians: anybody, 2) pple: friend 2) namedropper: a hotshot, 2) mafia: another member, 3) me: I forgot his first name. Permalink<\/a> 10:04 AM – 27 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@TheBrowser \u201cAlways apologise, except when you have done something wrong\u201d \u2014 Nassim Nicholas Taleb Permalink<\/a> 7:17 AM – 27 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Someone explain in clear logical terms why the US has an alliance w\/Saudi Barbaria, but refuses one with Russia on grounds of “democracy”. Permalink<\/a> 7:04 AM – 27 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (Version 2, longer) People don’t know what they are talking about when they say “religion”.pic.twitter.com\/JX4G9OWL9G<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:12 AM – 27 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Semitic Philology du Jour: Hope Sanchuniathon (in Levantine,Atallah) could exist somewhere in the Syriac stacks. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanchuniathon <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:40 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Was asked w\/my anti-Salafi activism to worry about safety. Wahabis can’t do targeted killing. Too low IQ. Only 87 y.o.s & random children. Permalink<\/a> 4:36 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@DavidBCollum And Hillary’s bribes from sovereign states are not attempts to influence the election?https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slate\/status\/758075479458979840 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:13 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Just like cancer stop it before the multiplicative effect. Too late otherwise.https:\/\/twitter.com\/hanscees\/status\/758060298947424256 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:25 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Typo: I meant “by opposition to “superstitio Permalink<\/a> 2:14 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (Cont) No term for religion in Greek (just cults) & in latin it meant superstitio (fear of gods). 3rd reading!pic.twitter.com\/qIUV3DaJiz<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 2:02 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2\/ Unlike in France, there are only two types of Jihadis in Lebanon. Those who are incarcerated, & those who have been …liquidated. Permalink<\/a> 12:43 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb About to spend a few days in France & Lebanon. In France my risk detector is always on alert. Never in Lebanon. Permalink<\/a> 12:38 PM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb NEVER engage Salafis&Co online. Expose then block them. The Jesuits, uberrethoricians, failed to convert a single 1.https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaArabii\/status\/757981820898140160 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:24 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Closer to transfats! @trishankkarthik @calestous Permalink<\/a> 10:33 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Conditional on act of terrorism, what’s the probability of person being Salafi? 99.9% P[A|B] not P[B|A]. Now I can block you. @SaraAssaf Permalink<\/a> 9:03 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb >99.9% of targeted Euro\/US civilians in past 18y by Salafi\/Wahabis yet some try equivalence w\/Shiism. crypto #ISIS sympathizers @SaraAssaf Permalink<\/a> 8:47 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A 60 year program of top-down secularization in Syria& Mesopotamia & 100Y in Turkey has led to worsening. @British_Aladdin @AlMesopotamian Permalink<\/a> 8:40 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Basically the minority rule doesn’t harm in mixed populations. @yaneerbaryam has shown effects of cantons. @British_Aladdin @AlMesopotamian Permalink<\/a> 8:36 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Paradoxically, in places like Syria where they are native, I would give them their own municipalities, & isolate the rest. @British_Aladdin Permalink<\/a> 8:31 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Problem is also “measured” & fake-scholars Qatar-Wahabi funded propagandists s.a. Shadi Hamid @shadihamid invading think tanks s.a Brookings Permalink<\/a> 8:16 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont)Godel-Popper argument: Tolerating the intolerant leads to collapse http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/minority.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 To do with Salafis? Permalink<\/a> 7:37 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb OK, this is the flaneurmobilepic.twitter.com\/yLgh4ADsOM<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:17 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Should I show a picture of my car the flaneurmobile, Yes\/No? @WriterPb Permalink<\/a> 7:00 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The Monsanto Shill Juma produces a perfect illustration of a severe IYI reasoning error @Calestous @trishankkarthikpic.twitter.com\/B3efJC9i07<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:55 AM – 26 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In 2010, closed Twitter acct to focus on Antifragile. Worked! Reopened 11\/2012 to punish BS reviewers For SITG shd I Permalink<\/a> 1:17 PM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Excellent! Convexity effects contradict mean-field\/naive evol.@yaneerbaryam @gwaconstable @Plektix @Corina_tarnitapic.twitter.com\/J3jfHOuSW0<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:58 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2\/ Look at the metaproba! Same BS as Jay Ulfedler’s @dtchimp “mathematical model”. @philipbstark @johndurantpic.twitter.com\/5pHyJyLLVw<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:11 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Which probabilities are decidable? Which ones are balloney? @philipbstark @PhillipsPasha @mtracey @johndurantpic.twitter.com\/Gdy8L0wjL1<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:54 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Salafism: Imagine religion having intolerant beliefs about the State; the State having intolerant beliefs about religion, together. @fpoling Permalink<\/a> 9:14 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Sorry, pal, but the Sultans had Qanun laws that were of Byzantine origin & separate from Sharia. @Nb1769 Permalink<\/a> 8:52 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The idea is: to be “decidable”, error on probability < error on exp. payoff @philipbstark @ReekRend @PhillipsPasha @mtracey @johndurant Permalink<\/a> 8:51 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@republicofmath I like this message from @nntalebpic.twitter.com\/ZzdBxxWyPv<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:44 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “Probability” following the path of maestros Freedman and Stark @philipbstark @PhillipsPasha @mtracey @johndurantpic.twitter.com\/NTTjyOGNaL<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:06 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) so the ignorance is not just with Christianity; it is to the point that Salafizers talk about Shiite thought without the slightest grasp Permalink<\/a> 6:19 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) My experience w\/Salafi and Co: could not find one w\/erudition outside Islamic studies; they get lost in “meta” discussions of religion. Permalink<\/a> 6:17 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@philipbstark @PhillipsPasha @mtracey @johndurant @nntaleb Point is “chance Trump wins” meaningless. See https:\/\/www.stat.berkeley.edu\/~stark\/Preprints\/611.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 re earthquake probability Permalink<\/a> 1:22 AM – 25 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Meaning absurd to direct “Islamophobia” at Shiites when they act differently. Shd be Salafiphobia. Kapish? @TheBobber Permalink<\/a> 11:08 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For those of you on a hot summer day want to stroll on a beach, this is the way to do it. Takes some training.https:\/\/youtu.be\/eTm0X93l8vk <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:44 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No”discussion” w\/Salafis & Co: the Jesuits tried for 400 y & Jesuits couldn’t convert *a single one* you won’t change his mind on twitter. Permalink<\/a> 10:07 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Anyone has some backgrounds on Brookings boy Shadi Hamid @shadihamid? Something smells funny. Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Monotheistic (Abrahamic) religions are by definition exclusive hence intolerant; unless they recycle pagan creeds.https:\/\/twitter.com\/primeargument\/status\/757240531462127616 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:51 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is not a zen proverb but an antisemitic qoranic verse. @DPrabhata Permalink<\/a> 8:13 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont) Islamists think their “expertise” allows debating me on religion, as if memorizing multiplication tables made one a mathematician. Permalink<\/a> 6:23 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Act most probabilistitic inequalities are missing from Ineq books. Wiki has a great list to compile from. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_inequalities#Probability_theory_and_statistics <\/a>\u00a0 @alxpr1c3 Permalink<\/a> 6:09 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Christian Aramaic (Syriac) separates church from law by using the Greek *nomos* in place of the Aramaic “Din”.pic.twitter.com\/VCcdcKa6aO<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:58 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Aramaic meaning of “Din”: all of it = *law*. Remarkably Christian Aramaic uses Nomos for law:separation church\/statepic.twitter.com\/4uEdKvKcqA<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:52 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont) Original meaning of “Religion” in Arabic “Din” = law. Hard to explain “secular but religious” to a Salafi.pic.twitter.com\/hWpOu9xau5<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:44 AM – 24 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In Malta they write a similar language to Shami in latin alphabet. It works! Permalink<\/a> 5:58 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So Mr Bradford you have been getting money from Saudi Sources. I have no more use for you. @joebradfordnet Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Bradford are you financed by Saudi Arabia, yes\/no @joebradfordnet Permalink<\/a> 3:55 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Bradford 1) Is your Salafi preaching financed in any way by Saudi Arabia? 2) Were you born or converted? @joebradfordnet Permalink<\/a> 3:00 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Ahman Al-Shathry you keep anwering w\/incomprehensible tirades. Are you Salafi\/Wahabi, Yes\/No? @Abunass3r Permalink<\/a> 2:11 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Is is Yes or No? Just one word in English. @Abunass3r Permalink<\/a> 2:02 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Ahmad Al-shathry, can you give a straight answer: Yes\/No are you a Salafi\/Wahabi? @Abunass3r Permalink<\/a> 1:58 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr. AlSlathry @Abunass3r are you a Salafi\/Wahabi, Yes\/No?https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abunass3r\/status\/756938621379371008 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:50 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No worship without Skin in the Game. The Gods don’t like Cheap Tawk.pic.twitter.com\/0DUQ7EWuIJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:24 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Imbecile, this is meant to show random violence is only Salafis, not Shiite, Sufi or Sunni-secular. @Streitapfel Permalink<\/a> 12:26 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Le me rephrase: How many Protestant, Shiites, Sufis, that is, nonSalafis have blown up random people in Europe in 2016? @bollywig @raggedtag Permalink<\/a> 12:22 PM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In 2010 summarized The Black Swan in 2nd ed. as few were getting it & talked without knowing what it was about…https:\/\/twitter.com\/alxpr1c3\/status\/756903331474309120 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:00 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How many Buddhists murder for ‘religion” ?@bollywig @raggedtag Permalink<\/a> 10:36 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb #Turkey: the press is confused; the purge isn’t against securalists but Gulenists, another type of Islamists. Permalink<\/a> 10:34 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb What is unacademic abt Leibnitz: he was incapable of working on subjects w\/o big substance; even when commissioned to do historical work. Permalink<\/a> 8:23 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb La7azt ma3 murasalete inno el3alam ahyanlon yista3mlo el-latini [cognitive effort] @CatnissEvercute @Priapus_D Permalink<\/a> 6:02 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ma fi sha3b bala le’3a Ma fi le’3a bala adab – Hayde ‘3altet Antun s3ade Sha3bna bye7ke sheme biyektob\/biye2ra Inglisi msh 3arabe @Priapus_D Permalink<\/a> 5:23 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ma fi sha3b bala legha. Hayde ghaltet Antun S3adeh. @Priapus_D Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You cannot talk about antifragile anecdotes without link to the necessary central link to convexity.https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/26660005\/_Anti_Fragility_and_Convex_Responses_in_Medicine <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:11 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The Economist rediscovering Antifragile …and poorly.https:\/\/twitter.com\/theeconomist\/status\/756802988648361984 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:59 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 7ada bi3alle2 3a tarjemte?pic.twitter.com\/6bVgAmRyaQ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Bil Shami ma3 el 7arf el latinepic.twitter.com\/ezHefPzTSJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:19 AM – 23 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Meaning 100% iatrogenics. Think of a pilot who randomly pilots a plane. 100% crash. @Blacklabellogic Permalink<\/a> 4:38 PM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 100% for thhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/blacklabellogic\/status\/756632506783375360 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:32 PM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb An evening (pre-squid) ink with the indispensable Tom Holland @holland_tompic.twitter.com\/ZhI39WPKLy<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:28 PM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “Malta yok” Fughedaboudit in Turkish, “there is no such thing as Malta”, used in the Levant, partic. my grandparents’ generation. Permalink<\/a> 3:33 PM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Tashdemir,you mean they did not brutalize Antifragile? @tasdemirm Permalink<\/a> 12:43 PM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They likely brutalized the newly published Turkish version of *Antifragile*; we can test if it gets stronger.https:\/\/twitter.com\/MahirZeynalov\/status\/756410873955090432 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:35 PM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Trump’s nomination proves a rule: *The most flawed of risk takers is more real than the most qualified deadfish.* Find another risk taker! Permalink<\/a> 11:50 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Three meanings of SHRB in Aramaic. Third is to spread. @menlebenpic.twitter.com\/d8w69lmFdR<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:08 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Discovered Sharbel is not Sharb El = Story of God but Glow of God. @menlebenpic.twitter.com\/pNQi1Ld7oz<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:03 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Answered my own question & derived the Mills ratio for Pearson class of distributions. [could be typos]http:\/\/math.stackexchange.com\/questions\/1864278\/inverse-mills-ratio-for-non-normal-distributions\/1867758#1867758 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:23 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For Fat Tony f*** you money is working a job with downtime room meditation & , s a security guard & doing science on the side @alanklement Permalink<\/a> 8:38 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The case for f*** you money before doing scienxe.https:\/\/twitter.com\/barabasi\/status\/756489176007180288 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:14 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@forsaken911 Sadly, the 9\/11 victims and survivors need a PR machine. Saudi Arabia\u2019s PR machine… http:\/\/interc.pt\/29Q1uaj <\/a>\u00a0 by @lhfang Permalink<\/a> 6:16 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Then they should learn to keep their mouth shut. Good discipline when you don’t intend to do anything. @hbkazemi33 @FedericaMog Permalink<\/a> 6:43 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No communiqu\u00e9 by empty suits does anything unless accompanied w\/sanctions. Not threats, actions. Doesn’t have to be military. @F1Ruaraidh Permalink<\/a> 6:16 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Talk talk talk. IYI bureaucrats. Better keep silent UNLESS you do something (like Puting, Erdogan). Kapish?https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedericaMog\/status\/756174592608272384 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:57 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Note that this scene dates 3 years *after* Fat Tony’s advice in Antifragile. Permalink<\/a> 5:42 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The main advice Fat Tony will give you: from the position of f*** you money (John Goodman in The Gambler)https:\/\/youtu.be\/xdfeXqHFmPI <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:39 AM – 22 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@yaneerbaryam A brief note: Why Silver was tripped up on Trumppic.twitter.com\/nwejso8GUG<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:04 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Note that brko\/brkto is corrupted in Levantine: rikbo\/rikbto. @menleben @holland_tom Permalink<\/a> 7:30 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Concluding the Daniel Drezner: @dandrezner is poster boy of the IYI class:totally clueless & no accountability #SITGhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/746879505659207680 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:27 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Note afo (face) we use “afa” back [wesh = face] @menleben Permalink<\/a> 7:24 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb \u0631\u062c\u0639\u062a \u062d\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0629 \u0644\u0639\u0627\u062f\u062a\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062f\u064a\u0645\u0629! @ArmandDAngour Permalink<\/a> 6:12 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@ArmandDAngour @nntaleb nice! Cf. Horace (Epist.1.X.24)’naturam expelles furca, tamen usque recurret’, expel nature with a pitchfork, it will always return Permalink<\/a> 5:58 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Syriachttps:\/\/twitter.com\/menleben\/status\/756111974811959297 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:03 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Chassez le naturel il revient au gallop. Permalink<\/a> 5:46 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Likewise when I block someone for trolling, I automatically block all his followers.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/755865542460837888 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:05 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Turkey: Failure of secularization from the top (so for Syria and Iraq). Iran: the reverse? Permalink<\/a> 4:22 AM – 21 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I never compromise, never with ethics. @zayn_300 @farnamstreet Permalink<\/a> 4:42 PM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@lukasnaugle “When conflicted between two choices, take neither.” @nntalebpic.twitter.com\/TinN9udF0u<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:17 PM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No type 2 error: Congress of 1934,minority of 1288 delegates voted anonymously ag Staln. He killed almot all of 1288pic.twitter.com\/AM6MYeJqoF<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:42 PM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A heuristic method to price American Options, part of my deck of unpublished results @EmanuelDerman @iMetaldogpic.twitter.com\/F8Epc6p5F1<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:11 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Gave a partial answer with proof for Inverse Mills Ratio. Now need to generalize to ALL dist.http:\/\/math.stackexchange.com\/q\/1864278\/88078?stw=2 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:56 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 5) Ramanujan’s m.o: intuition + endless trial-and-error. Computers don’t give direct intuition, but accelerate trials, feeding intuition. Permalink<\/a> 9:29 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Do you think pandits know more? #IYI (Intellectual Yet Idiots) @davidharsanyi @Trader_Moe Permalink<\/a> 8:59 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 4\/Mathematica is bringing back the Babylonian way of doing math. What if Ramanujan had Mathematica? @stephen_wolframpic.twitter.com\/oPelrRXaNg<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:57 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb To evaluate the truthfulness of a statement requires statements of higher universality\/abstraction. No “evidence” without probability theory Permalink<\/a> 7:02 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Venetians were Franj but also Banadiqa (bunduqia), means also bastard or mixed parentage. Bandouq means shrewd.@FullTiltonic @holland_tom Permalink<\/a> 5:57 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In Arabic Med is Ba7r Er- Rum so: Rumi= Mediterranean Christian Franji= Northern European Sqalibi= Slav Farisi= Persian @holland_tom Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Coalition is *also* killing civilians in Syria. Why don’t we call Hollande a butcher? Because no Qatari PR firm?pic.twitter.com\/EsHjLL7sCw<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:49 AM – 20 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Delenda Monsanto est.pic.twitter.com\/x0lDhvBnr8<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:14 PM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Agamemnon entering battle in state of madness. In the Iliad, both sides, Hector & Achilles are heroes.pic.twitter.com\/awDPXD9Zgc<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:19 PM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And here the wrath of Recep, not counting the death penaltyhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Conflicts\/status\/755416999451320320 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:07 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb To listen to the Wrath of Achilles son of Peleus against Agammemnon son of Atrides in Attic Greekhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_F7ZBqptugI <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:59 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Three thousand years ago, in the same location, the wrath of Achilleos … \u039c\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b9\u03bd \u1f04\u03b5\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5, \u03b8\u03b5\u03ac, \u03a0\u03b7\u03bb\u03b7\u03b9\u03ac\u03b4\u03b5\u03c9 \u1f08\u03c7\u03b9\u03bb\u1fc6\u03bf\u03c2pic.twitter.com\/weLBURfVLH<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:56 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Unsure: Some are ethnically Greek, most are mixed Phoenician-Greek-Ghassanids; same blood as Cypriots https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antiochian_Greek_Christians <\/a>\u00a0 @tri_moreta Permalink<\/a> 8:40 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb [Silver rule\/Ethics] I am a minority (Greek Orthdx) & as such I don’t support Erdogan. If I were Sunni, would I support him? I can’t answer. Permalink<\/a> 7:49 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The war agnst ISIS showed that an airforce is almost only useful against enemy with an airforce. Even less for coups. #Turkey @yaneerbaryam Permalink<\/a> 6:41 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A probability question (for those into probability)http:\/\/math.stackexchange.com\/q\/1864278\/88078?stw=2 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:31 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It takes a diamond to cut a diamond @EmanuelDerman @carmi797 Permalink<\/a> 6:07 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Italiano du jour: “chiodo schiaccia chiodo” @EmanuelDerman Permalink<\/a> 5:05 AM – 19 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@RachelsNews All hands on deck ! please sign and RThttps:\/\/twitter.com\/vtrighttoknow\/status\/755145245755580416 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:58 PM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Policy pple @dandrezner et al. don’t realize “BS” isn’t expression of disagreement, but contempt, as w\/astrologists.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/755051465719283712 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:22 PM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@TalebBot We tend to define “rude” less by the words used (what is said) than by the status of the recipient (to whom it is addressed). Permalink<\/a> 2:33 PM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Working with the nastiest of all probability distributions: Pearson family IV. Science is never closed.pic.twitter.com\/GYSN5XVOot<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:52 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No, people are sensitive when they feel an ever so slight loss of privilege because of ethnicity, as in Leb\/Syria. @LudWitt @joshua_landis Permalink<\/a> 11:27 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For those interested in knowing why I am allergic to pol science BS entailing probabilitypic.twitter.com\/YOOqh8ndlF<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:25 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb These are NOT generalizations. Disproportional power brings instability. Kapish? Only decentralization works. @joshua_landis @LudWitt Permalink<\/a> 11:12 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Cycle: IRAQ: Sunni opprss Shias=>2004,Shias oprss Sunnis=>ISIS SYRIA: Sunni oprss Alawis=>Alws oprss Sunnis=>war.https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshua_landis\/status\/755091776738766851 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:48 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Silver rule: I ask myself: if I were Sunni, what would make me a Salafi? 1) humiliation 2) intrusion 3) patronizing IYI. All these soluble. Permalink<\/a> 8:42 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb That is not repentance. If Drezner were repentant, he would not be spewing geopolitical BS w\/o #SITG. Kapish? @EmilArchambault @dandrezner Permalink<\/a> 8:11 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb BS vendor Dan Drezner @dandrezner promoted Iraq war & still unrepentant. To protect society (#SITG) such pple shd Permalink<\/a> 7:47 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The principle \u0644\u0643 \u062f\u064a\u0646\u0643 \u0648 \u0644\u064a \u062f\u064a\u0646\u064ahttps:\/\/twitter.com\/HyperDupont\/status\/755036362198360064 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:04 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) Hence proposed local autonomy for Islamists to be as Islamists as they want *in* their neighborhood, decentralization; they shd Amishify Permalink<\/a> 6:19 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) My impression talking to Islamists is that feel misunderstood by IYI bureaucrats, want to be left autonomous. Brcrts,talk to them. #SITG Permalink<\/a> 6:11 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) When ISIS was still occupying parts of Tripoli, spent a day (hiding my accent) there, talking to sympathizers.pic.twitter.com\/sITCpMvamY<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:09 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb One thing about Erdogan: those who like him *love* him. Like Brexiters, Islamists are those tired of the 100y patronizing secular IYI class Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The Sultan played the situation like a violin Turkey government seemed to have list of arrests prepared http:\/\/reut.rs\/2a4GKwA <\/a>\u00a0 via @Reuters Permalink<\/a> 5:27 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb When “short” treasuries, I had MY money on the line.Daniel Drezner the sickening man called Iraq war &paid no price for the dead @dandrezner Permalink<\/a> 4:49 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@bee_starship You rock for RT this @rob_swire my family is Iraqi Shia and we cop so much crap. Know the difference people \ufe0fhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/753940487829086209 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:50 AM – 18 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For the amnesiacs: in 1826 Mahmud II incited the Janissaries to revolt, to terminate them (execute & imprison them).pic.twitter.com\/RSowGdkA9T<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:51 PM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Drezner boy: not possible to explain to bullshit vendors what is and what is not bullshit, what’s rigorous &what’s crap. Kapish? @dandrezner Permalink<\/a> 3:06 PM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The only other explanation is that the F16 pilots were economists\/social scientists, all show no go.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/754750077311352833 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:03 PM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is very, very strange: 2 rebel F16s had a lock on Erdogan’s plane but didn’t fire! Yet they bombed Parliament.https:\/\/twitter.com\/ziadaboujamra\/status\/754730470001283073 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:50 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Which (almost) ends a month-long tweet storm for the n-summed lognormal! It works!pic.twitter.com\/SkRQb94yhg<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:09 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Respect! @Pete_Spence Permalink<\/a> 7:56 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0627\u0632\u0645 \u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0639\u0642\u0644 \u064a\u0633\u0645\u064a\u0627 “\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0629” \u0645\u0634 \u0628\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0648 \u064a\u062a\u0639\u0644\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u064a\u0627\u064a\u0627 http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/notebook.htm <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/menleben\/status\/754682479051673600 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:30 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Corrected1 Life is trial and error. @wolframpic.twitter.com\/7KraMtcHPs<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:58 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Warning: there may be a problem in conversion table t2: “n” shd be inside not outside moments. @wolframpic.twitter.com\/jZYlXx4ehs<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:37 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Student T is much much more civilized than the Lognormal @hbkazemi33pic.twitter.com\/UetGm5tXf7<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:32 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Paper: “preasymptotics of sums of random variables in the subexponential class”, first presented at @DrCirillo’s conference @John1ODea Permalink<\/a> 6:15 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Et voila! The Lognormal is very very stubborn but the solution was simple: here it gave-in thanks to @wolframpic.twitter.com\/5lv269XEB1<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:11 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Sums of “weird” r. variables that converge slowly [LogNormal] can be ONLY be treated preasymptotically as Pearson IVpic.twitter.com\/W4YpdHlAR2<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:58 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A remark: Jay Ulfedler’s @dtchimp “mathematical model” to predict exudes, smells, reeks, of bullshit.https:\/\/twitter.com\/dtchimp\/status\/754621708812902400 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:32 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Leibnitz who (co)invented calculus knew only basic math bef. age of 26. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz <\/a>\u00a0 @stephen_wolframpic.twitter.com\/1gfKJkXqYZ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:32 AM – 17 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The weird thing about #Turkey: pro-democracy pple worldwide against coup; all Salafis pro-Isis pro-Jihad worldwide also cheering. NonKapish! Permalink<\/a> 4:06 PM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Chap 1: In a dialogue with Fat Tony, he asks me: – Why did you kill me? – Just business, your FatToniness. Only bizness, nothing personal. Permalink<\/a> 1:28 PM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They want to hide something. Or they look like they are hiding something. And insult the intelligence of the publichttps:\/\/twitter.com\/NonGMOProject\/status\/754388911921790976 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:58 AM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Yesterday tried to work on SkinInTheGame. But Nice in the AM 28 Pages in PM Turkey in Eve. Only wrote chapter title: “Republic of Tawk”. Permalink<\/a> 10:55 AM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The great sucker problem: blame the people in Soviet Russia for not being up to par, do not blame the regime.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sanelino\/status\/754330440056659968 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:08 AM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The moral: When doing a coup in 2016 anywhere on the planet, fughedaboud local TV, occupy Twitter and Facebook headquarters in San Francisco Permalink<\/a> 7:47 AM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb These EU empty suits just tawk. Words words words they never had a real job & think their job is a real job.https:\/\/twitter.com\/eevriviades\/status\/754287863680929792 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:28 AM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@TalebBot Most mistakes get worse when you try to correct them. Permalink<\/a> 8:33 PM – 14 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@TalebBot The main reason to go to school is to learn *how not* to think like a professor. Permalink<\/a> 8:33 PM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@TalebBot It is a very powerful manipulation to let others win the small battles. Permalink<\/a> 2:33 AM – 16 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Articles with words but no information have sentences s.a.”but whoever comes out on top, democracy is sure to lose”https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForeignPolicy\/status\/754121094844612608 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:31 PM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Spreading this warning. This is common with the Syrian war.https:\/\/twitter.com\/ekrispin\/status\/754085153778139137 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:23 PM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@karimbitar The correct Lenin quote is: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”https:\/\/twitter.com\/gerardaraud\/status\/754047290583683072 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:45 PM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb On my list of things to crumble: + Saudi Barbaria [STARTED] + Bureaucristan\/econ “elites” IYIs [STARTED] + Monsantohttps:\/\/twitter.com\/LongShortTrader\/status\/754030858596646912 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:23 PM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My impression reading the #28pages is that had the info been public, we would have heard calls to invade Saudi Barbaria instead of Iraq. Permalink<\/a> 11:44 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How about those who love *either* logic or *both* mathematics *and* deadlifting?https:\/\/twitter.com\/thatsoftwareguy\/status\/754010345551847425 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:00 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I deleted the tweet about Paris torture because the info was denied by the “Procureur General.”(chief prosecutor) Permalink<\/a> 10:49 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How PsychoBS Hedgehog-fox fails: @Ptetlock “Pilot of the plane is hedgehog he is too focused on preventing crash”.https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTetlock\/status\/691647327178719233 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:11 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb People don’t know what they are talking about when they say “religion”.pic.twitter.com\/dLdL6FTYnr<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:31 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The danger of Salafism is in its treatment of religion as LAW & political system. Violence is the result.https:\/\/twitter.com\/yzilber\/status\/753942564428976128 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:24 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Designation “Islam” is absurd; there are 3 religions. -Shia -Sunni secular, Ottoman, Sufi, urban… -Salafi\/Wahabi (ISIS, Saudi Barbaria) Permalink<\/a> 6:13 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb As predicted from minority rule: GMOs going extinct, sales contracting. Paying Farmers to Go Organic Inhttp:\/\/nyti.ms\/29HXafa <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:05 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Problem is religions are not banned. If Nazism is banned, Salafism\/Wahabism must be banned. Shut down Saudi Arabia.https:\/\/twitter.com\/swensn\/status\/753933839521558528 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:48 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Anyone proGMOs on “scientific” grounds is 50y behind,ignorant of complexity, or just stupid https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/photos\/a.10150109720973375.279515.13012333374\/10153978116453375\/?type=3&theater <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/GFLabc93af<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:43 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@Konstant_V @nntaleb next time anyone asks why #Nice happened I will show him this:http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2016\/07\/15\/saudi-funded-mosque-opened-nice-two-weeks-attack\/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:36 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Salafi Mosques are the root. Since 2001 the idiotic West let Saudi “allies” keep spreading Salafism. Destroy Riad.https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbkazemi33\/status\/753920423557992448 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:56 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Revisiting Popper’s (Goedel’s) paradox: Why Salafis should be confined just for being Salafis. Delenda Saudi Arabia.pic.twitter.com\/aqCmLxet5c<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:50 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Salafi is Salafi is Salafi, no nuance. Salafi is inherently violent terrorism. Those who promote Salafism are guiltyhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinRaimondo\/status\/753780246055268352 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:20 AM – 15 Jul 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@nntaleb Horace translated by Fat Tony: “Those you meet on the way up, you will also meet on the way down.” @ArmandDAngour @TijlDeconynck Permalink 9:56 AM – 30 Jul 2016 @nntaleb This Epistle is Gold. @ArmandDAngourpic.twitter.com\/tslgg8xuWs Permalink 9:39 AM – 30 Jul 2016 @nntaleb Federal Reserve: Stultorum incurata pudor malus ulcera celat [Horace] The fool […]<\/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":[1309,1303,1307,1302,1305,823,1306,1131,1304,1086,1308],"class_list":["post-8427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-drezner","tag-frauds","tag-gulenists","tag-horace","tag-jihadis","tag-monsanto","tag-mr-bradford","tag-salafi","tag-saudibarbaria","tag-syria","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427","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=8427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8437,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions\/8437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}