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@nntaleb 12 months @Jmanos195Manos Permalink<\/a> 12:54 PM – 8 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Waited 12 m for this: Amsterdam has, for the nondietaryfatphobic, the best steak in the world (Holstein). pic.twitter.com\/Wai9d048Y8<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:34 PM – 8 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Evidence @djrothkopf boss of Foreign Policy is for sale. Shameful that our foreign policy is manipulated by Jihadis.https:\/\/twitter.com\/bitsquare_\/status\/806924154171637760 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:15 AM – 8 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You can start filtering out Mainstream Media by blocking any article w\/”populist” or “populism” in it, citing someone from a think tank. Permalink<\/a> 9:43 AM – 8 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Rich people aren’t necessarily incorruptible; but they can be much, much more expensive to bribe. Permalink<\/a> 3:36 PM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This reveals much. Names named: the way to go. Includes Rothkopf How Saudi Arabia captured Washington http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/3\/21\/11275354\/saudi-arabia-gulf-washington?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=feature%3Afixed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter <\/a>\u00a0 via @voxdotcom Permalink<\/a> 3:29 PM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How many believe this independent BS? Fraudster @emile_hokayem secretly paid by Bahrain for “independent” promotion https:\/\/twitter.com\/emile_hokayem\/status\/806593003615899650 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:09 PM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1\/Western Syria’s population [C on the map] act, look, & eat like Mediterraneans\/Southern Europeans, includes Sunnishttps:\/\/twitter.com\/joshua_landis\/status\/806497987404906497 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:54 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Now this explains bombardment of pro-Jihadi articles by this goon: @emile_hokayem who works there!!! Shame! Shame!https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/806510667087876096 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:37 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Back office people don’t know that there is a difference between front and back office. Everyone else does.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/806487322728472576 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:12 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They tried to hide it! Never trust thinktanks. British thinktank received \u00a325m from Bahraini royals, docs revealhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/dec\/06\/british-thinktank-iiss-received-25m-from-bahraini-royals-documents-reveal?CMP=share_btn_tw <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:48 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Physicists take something complicated & make it simpler. Psychologists take something very complicated & make it even more complicated. Permalink<\/a> 5:39 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Recent rebellion\/Trump: Front office pple (most of us) don’t want to be controlled by *back office* clercs. Kapish?https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.yy4z897cd <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@CDcaritas @leverageisgreat @nntalebhttps:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/dec\/06\/british-thinktank-iiss-received-25m-from-bahraini-royals-documents-reveal <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:45 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Think tanks financed by Qatar\/Saudi Barbaria want people to believe this crap. Many do!https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/sep\/15\/syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-bigger-threat-than-isis?CMP=share_btn_tw <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:33 AM – 7 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@RiskMinds RiskMinds Live starts in 1 hr! It’s not too late to register to watch @nntaleb and others live from #RISKMINDS: http:\/\/spr.ly\/60168yy38 <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/nZ85h5jYcr”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/nZ85h5jYcr Permalink<\/a> 11:10 PM – 6 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Transforming an unbounded into a bounded martingale (by Ito’s lemma), thanks to airline delays. pic.twitter.com\/LXxzhTh4k8<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:28 AM – 6 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Can someone explain to this fellow that forall their flaws dentists know their stuff >> than policymakers\/Krugmans?https:\/\/twitter.com\/louis_giannone\/status\/805936971591938048 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:03 PM – 5 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@jgmarcel () \u201cexperienced\u201d & \u201cprofessional\u201d politicians are just as desirable as professional lovers, that is, prostitutes. \u2014 Nassim Taleb (@nntaleb) pic.twitter.com\/rc4kjcHphc<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 5 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Almost…https:\/\/twitter.com\/bryanappleyard\/status\/805885857416810496 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:26 PM – 5 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Debunkkng conspiracy Assad-ISIShttps:\/\/twitter.com\/ehsani22\/status\/805816603489292288 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:56 PM – 5 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The episodic John Gray appreciation dinner w\/ @BryanAppleyard @rorysutherland & McGilchrist at Gray’s favorite rest pic.twitter.com\/vz3a4PRLYv<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:54 PM – 5 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Another squid ink risotto. Pasta is better. pic.twitter.com\/fMdTF5DkUk<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:02 AM – 5 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Squid ink risotto pic.twitter.com\/y4a0V6PzIm<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:44 AM – 4 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The point of paying is to guarantee a room: no optionality. There is an asymmetry: if the client cancels he pays… not them! @Expedia Permalink<\/a> 5:03 PM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Beware @Expedia. Prepaid a suite in London, very late arrival &… the hotel sends me to another part of town, tiny room w\/o refund. Permalink<\/a> 4:51 PM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb People discovered the NYT was effectively fiction; trash fiction sells the most! https:\/\/twitter.com\/rcallimachi\/status\/804450963268444160 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:45 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Dear @stevenstrogatz , an accolade coming from a mathematician is worth >10^3 compliments by other mortals. Permalink<\/a> 5:36 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@dellajoNYC @borzou @jackshafer He attacked you because you are a propagandist for Al Qaeda, the folks who gave us 9\/11, and therefore human skum. FYI. Permalink<\/a> 5:34 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Number of casualties is not *statistical* data\/estimates? Explains Brexit: Brussels IYIs shd limit activities to driving Uber c (carefully).https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicolas_veron\/status\/805032648959787009 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:13 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The day flight to London. pic.twitter.com\/aWy6RcaK2Z<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:46 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Exactly: “People are better neighbors than roommates” @JohnGaltPattaya Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Utopism: make pple hold hands & sing mawkish songs Realism: structures to allow interactions w\/o harm:#skininthegamehttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/804949462217007104 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:20 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr @borzou-fabricator, did you realize you called Trump a tyrant when he has never held office. Did they have basic IQ screening at the FT? Permalink<\/a> 4:11 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Philology du Jour: a word (the obvious) that has survived 4000 years in Semitic languages. “N***” in Akkadian… pic.twitter.com\/f9ig37tszx<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:25 AM – 3 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@alxpr1c3 @nntaleb a #vianegativa approach would then be – the aim of “peace” is to avoid lethal conflicts? Permalink<\/a> 11:35 PM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The aim of “peace” is to make people interract while hating one another the way the French hate Germans\/English, not to sing campfire songs. https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/804335904009711616 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:24 PM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You can spot a (low IQ) crypto-Jihadi such as @sahdihamid at his geopolitization of conflict ag. Islamists.https:\/\/twitter.com\/shadihamid\/status\/804779650463531008 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:01 PM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@cdipaola62 @nntaleb @SteveRattner teaching birds 2 fly. Citizens don’t need complex formulas to detect BS of IYI’s who use first order math to scare. Permalink<\/a> 4:58 PM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Elementary 2nd order accounting: Employees in US happen to *pay* taxes; or spend money => others who pay taxes.https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveRattner\/status\/804414616520359937 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:56 PM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If, against experience, you still read the #NYT, remember it was the conveyor of the most destructive fake news: Iraq. @nyinvesting @han0z Permalink<\/a> 12:04 PM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb #SkinintheGame shows how, in absence of saints, we’d rather pick the rich (contact w\/reality), to those who *want* to get rich. @Scaramucci Permalink<\/a> 10:56 AM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The other argument is that those who *need* a salary are vulnerable to lobbying \/revolving door bribery.https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/804131401528287232 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:33 AM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Yes, Gibbon has mistakes. So does Thucydides! On top of his skeptical charm, he led me to find holes in his acct. My favorite prose style! Permalink<\/a> 8:06 AM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Does this make the “news” part of Holywood?https:\/\/twitter.com\/ancientsyrian\/status\/804690299821891584 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:41 AM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The disproof of a fabrication is not as visible as the fabrication. Why U.S. ‘News’ Media Shouldn’t Be Trusted http:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2016\/12\/02\/why-us-news-media-shouldnt-trusted.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:05 AM – 2 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb When I stood next to H’s code felt knowing it in Akkadian & reciting it w\/original sounds. Code abt #skininthegame requires authenticity. pic.twitter.com\/4ggFhO8K6v<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:16 PM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Conspiracy theory Assad=ISIS is a great IQ test: it proves incapacity to make up something remotely plausible.https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradRHoff\/status\/804509487713439746 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:46 PM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally got to read Hammurabi in the original Semitic rythm (thanks to the method of Albert Naccache) https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/hammurabi.mp3 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:58 PM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb People are starting to understand the difference between “denocracy” and governance @normonics @bill_easterly Permalink<\/a> 10:29 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Only Gibbon: Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety.. pic.twitter.com\/GeCTFO9cyc<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:38 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb When people ask me “what should I read”, I used to avoid responding. Now, here is something necessary in anyone’s ed pic.twitter.com\/mxmabxeiTG<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:16 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Effectively there was *inverse* ethnic cleansing after Qaeda left Aleppo.https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamilleOtrakji\/status\/804342907960487936 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:16 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb COMPLEX SYSTEMS: Problem of Oslo is top-down (diplomatic) solution for bottom-up problem. @yaneerbaryam pic.twitter.com\/KNQCgGTzx8<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:46 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@internetactu Le plus intol\u00e9rant l’emporte toujours : la dictature de la plus petite minorit\u00e9 par @nntaleb http:\/\/www.internetactu.net\/a-lire-ailleurs\/le-plus-intolerant-lemporte-toujours-la-dictature-de-la-plus-petite-minorite\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:33 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Gingrich doesn’t want IYIs in government. https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.qd6ryx4q4 <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoustanyMazen\/status\/804187163122397184 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:01 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Gingrich doesn’t want IYIs in government. https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.qd6ryx4q4 <\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoustanyMazen\/status\/804187163122397184 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:01 AM – 1 Dec 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A visit to the NYU Philosophy department (logic) wd confirm that butchering, whether for 8 or 15 y, = butcher. Kapish? @ianbremmer Permalink<\/a> 2:55 PM – 30 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Yet Barak Hussain Obama is not called “the butcher of Washington”.https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshua_landis\/status\/804049099528040448 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:48 AM – 30 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@DrCirillo If you missed it, my recent not-too-technical paper on armed conflicts and their tail risk, joint with @nntaleb. https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2876315 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:07 AM – 30 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb People in political “science” & policy wonks such must attend so they know why we think they are clueless.https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/803987190980235264 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:42 AM – 30 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Friends, anyone knows of a transcription of the Accadian of Hammurabi’s Law into Hebrew or another Semitic script? Permalink<\/a> 7:40 AM – 30 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb De Finetti was a smart cookie. How to forecast elections. pic.twitter.com\/w7d050sQgT<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:55 AM – 30 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The tragedy of our time is the monoculture of ideas: all people are forced to believe the *same* bullshit. Permalink<\/a> 6:42 AM – 29 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@MaxAbrahms It’s funny when media outlets interview multiple fellows from the same think tank for intellectual diversity. Permalink<\/a> 4:22 AM – 29 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb #IDreamOfAWorld where “science” promoters understand the difference between science and scientism.https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/802673096876494849 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:03 AM – 28 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Probability & Medicine: Presenting 2 papers at U Penn S Med at 12 noon P-value https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1603.07532v3.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Antifragility http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/medicine.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:01 AM – 28 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Voila! “Small is beautiful” in the moralists! Vauvenargues: “men are not born to love large things”. #LindyEffect pic.twitter.com\/W7WsC0cahK<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:10 AM – 28 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The only fiction I read in 2016 was reports on the Syrian “moderate” rebels.https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylercowen\/status\/802130988407070720 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:32 PM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ready! pic.twitter.com\/losrlULOtl<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:06 PM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Borzou Daragahi, it is much, much more difficult to bullshit a statistician than your followers. Kapish? @borzou Permalink<\/a> 1:24 PM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb These “journos” fabricate numbers, yet are employed by FT & LA times. https:\/\/medium.com\/opacity\/syria-and-the-statistics-of-war-910eb1a00bbd#.8nk0gt745 <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/borzou\/status\/802981041891868672 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:13 PM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Final version of our paper on “drop” in violence w\/@DrCirillo (published by Nobel Foundation, forth 2017) https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2876315 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:29 AM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Skin in the game,Trump, Theology and the experience machine: Nothing is real unless there is risk. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10154363970418375 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:11 AM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb More evidence IYIs collect my books without reading them. https:\/\/twitter.com\/chloerlaw\/status\/802920034297331716 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:08 AM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Unlike with other disciplines, protecting Philosophy from attack against Philosophy is unphilosophical.https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_I_Rubin\/status\/802874079393050625 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:14 AM – 27 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Greeks would be horrified at claim that some nerd at Harvard can teach you to be a man. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paideia <\/a>\u00a0 @bardiasoroudi @NoahRFeldman Permalink<\/a> 3:29 PM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb .@bardiasoroudi @NoahRFeldman Violating law of logic: if some professors help doesn’t mean school is monopoly for humanities. Pitiful arg, Permalink<\/a> 2:08 PM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Exactly:Harvard-Soviet illusion is identity school=knowledge;school=humanities (Lecturing birds how to fly chapter)https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahilz79\/status\/802609383691714565 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:54 PM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Found “less is more” (ag bigdata) in ancients #LindyEffect “Nimium allercando veritas amittilur” Publ Syr Excess details[words] hide truth Permalink<\/a> 12:29 PM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Actually I showed in #Antifragile the biggest intellectual productions came from country priests (s.a.Bayes) @alexgiannotti @GhassanDahhan Permalink<\/a> 11:50 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nerds do NOT understand #skininthegame. “Life is not about winning an argument [with a nerd like you] but about winning.” @NoahRFeldman Permalink<\/a> 11:38 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you knew more latin & logic you’d realize that equating academia to authority IS ad hominem. @jtepper2 @NoahRFeldman @ChinchewPalsu Permalink<\/a> 11:21 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Words that describe unerudite IYIs like you who think Harvard doesn’t provide ZERO intellectual credibility @NoahRFeldman @ChinchewPalsu Permalink<\/a> 11:13 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Elnlightenment: Diderot Voltaire Rousseau Hume d’Allembert were NOT academics. Sorbonne was for idiots. @OriginalRamsFan @NoahRFeldman Permalink<\/a> 11:09 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Fucking idiot it takes half a century (Lindy) to know about influence. @NoahRFeldman @ChinchewPalsu Permalink<\/a> 11:05 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Leibniz was trained as a legal scholar. He learned math in his mid 20s and (co) invented Calculus @GhassanDahhan Permalink<\/a> 11:03 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Influential thinkers were scholars but NOT in academia: Darwin Marx Einstein (relativity) Freud Mandelbrot.. @ChinchewPalsu @NoahRFeldman Permalink<\/a> 10:45 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You forgot the “subsequently”…”from commercial activity”. An idiot playing strawman with me?@BorisMarkovich Permalink<\/a> 10:04 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@AssalehAmer “You are not getting the point that in risk we don’t give a fuck what people in “medical sciences” do, math prevails. kapish?” – @nntalebhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/802492382608588800 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:16 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My talk Monday at U Penn School of Med http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/medicine.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Lancet study on statins was ‘fundamentally flawed’http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/11\/24\/lancet-study-statins-fundamentally-flawed-critics-say\/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:41 AM – 26 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Is McFarland a neocon or close to neocons or likely to mutate into a neocon? [Please corrigere my Latin] Permalink<\/a> 3:03 PM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb IYI profs want you to believe one cannot read books without them; just like Taxi groups resist uber. Read classics. @ja_furman @NoahRFeldman Permalink<\/a> 2:02 PM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb People who get good grades in “prestigious” nonSTEM majors are just signaling high ability to bullshit. @JamesMarsh79 Permalink<\/a> 9:40 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nothing was funding since the fund went to 0. Counterparties synchronized the liquidations. @MarcoCraveiro @mattyglesias Permalink<\/a> 8:31 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb LTCM was NOT a TAXPAYER bailout, but a Fed-coordinated liquidation w\/counterparts & banks. Kapish? @MarcoCraveiro @mattyglesias Permalink<\/a> 7:39 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Corollary: when a paper that engages in propaganda (W Post) accuses others of propaganda, is it propaganda?https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/801960686876323841 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:37 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb IYIs don’t get that: HedgeFund-ers have big #skininthegame, little hidden risk Less monoculture No taxpayer bailouthttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyglesias\/status\/802149869150466048 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:09 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb #LindyEffect: 2y of INCERTO Fooled by Randomness (blue) is 16 y.o., TBS ~10. 99.9% of bestsellers don’t survive 2y. pic.twitter.com\/eIZ2trE2mC<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:19 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Political “scientists” & Policy goons s a @dandrezner shd attend these courses so they know why we call them idiots.https:\/\/twitter.com\/NECSI\/status\/801518855382302724 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:17 AM – 25 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The meta question: is the news that Russia is spreading fake news fake news. Permalink<\/a> 5:28 PM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I avoid reading nonmath recent books. But if I do, best heuristic: avoid books on the NYT list of “Notable Books”http:\/\/nyti.ms\/2fSH7i2 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:15 PM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Please note that @Charles_Lister is paid to fabricate numbers. Liar.https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/syria-and-the-statistics-of-war-910eb1a00bbd#.rkwi12iz1 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:27 AM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ian, you should man up: stop whining, and cease to play arbiter of “adulthood”. Will feel better. @ianbremmer Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Happy Thanksgiving everyone! My 36th: I came to America to embrace the system & pledged to defend it. Will keep defending it. With Gratitude Permalink<\/a> 7:15 AM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The plot thinckens. 2000 war casualties inflate over time to 30-40,000. Imbecile journos. https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/syria-and-the-statistics-of-war-910eb1a00bbd#.gd9ozor7k <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/JH6InUEliq”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/JH6InUEliq Permalink<\/a> 6:36 AM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Say something important, genuinely important. Hard for journos.https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStalwart\/status\/801476728732454912 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:37 AM – 24 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@jbmacluckie Le mec (@nntaleb) m’a tellement influenc\u00e9 que j’ai deux r\u00e9f\u00e9rences \u00e0 lui encr\u00e9es sur moi : pic.twitter.com\/xDVXt5DGdM<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:09 PM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Is it me or is the Beaujolais Nouveau 2016 very very good? Permalink<\/a> 3:11 PM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Trying to solve a difficult integral (one of those again). For those & only those into integration.http:\/\/math.stackexchange.com\/q\/2027844\/88078?stw=2 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:35 PM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Huffington Post, please explain *propaganda*. If you can. Thank you.@HuffPostGreece @HuffingtonPost pic.twitter.com\/AwU0YWkhNX<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:32 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No Huffington Post. pic.twitter.com\/v6FSUimAkx<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:45 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Reason I don’t want Huffington Post to publish my work is the revelation that it “covertly” helped Hillary.Unethicalhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/801412424792477696 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:55 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Well… it does!https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtVigRue\/status\/801447851033317376 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:34 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Syriac version Malalas <= “eloquent” pic.twitter.com\/I1WZJveNBJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:10 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Levantine du Jour: The Great John Malalas had Aramaic name: Malal = orator. (New dictionary) pic.twitter.com\/Y4PBrDlbkK<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:04 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The ugliest of humans looks better than the prettiest cockroach; the worst of businessmen looks more real than any professional politician. Permalink<\/a> 6:54 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They don’t know what “religion” means. Salafi isn’t a race. It isn’t a “religion”. It is a criminal organization.https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/we-dont-know-what-we-are-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-religion-3e65e6a3c44e#.coa8tomua <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:38 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Media idiots don’t realize that Alt-Right people are far, far more moderate than the “moderate” Salafi Islamists they are protecting! Shame. Permalink<\/a> 5:37 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb World finally discovering that “experienced” &”professional” politicians are just as desirable as professional lovers, that is, prostitutes. Permalink<\/a> 5:17 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Huff Post trying to make me look as if I wrote FOR them. I don’t write for them! \u039f \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a0\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u038c\u03bc\u03c9\u03c2 \u0397\u03bb\u03af\u03b8\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.gr\/nassim-nicholas-taleb\/-_8521_b_13167866.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:09 AM – 23 Nov 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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