{"id":8551,"date":"2017-01-14T23:31:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T07:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2017-01-14T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T07:31:31","slug":"kasparov-friedman-pinker-boy-idiot-journo-gym-voting-summers-lindy-effect-stiglitz-parag-khanna-michiko-kakutani-obama-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/kasparov-friedman-pinker-boy-idiot-journo-gym-voting-summers-lindy-effect-stiglitz-parag-khanna-michiko-kakutani-obama-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasparov, Friedman, Pinker Boy, Idiot Journo, Gym Voting, Summers, Lindy Effect, Stiglitz, Parag Khanna, Michiko Kakutani, Obama | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@nntaleb Not just this idiot but MSM journos keeps calling &#8220;tyrant&#8221; a person who never ran a country. Minimum IQ required!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARoss2929\/status\/820430811241521153 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARoss2929\/status\/820430811241521153 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820433306718273536\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:51 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And Sorry, poor unassisted and courageous Yemen, I keep forgetting.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820422471887241216 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820422471887241216 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820431691454017536\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:45 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 6) Obama allowed bankers to have the biggest bonus pool in history, in 2010, just after we bailed them out. Plus Geithner a rep of cronyK. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820425276282781700\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:20 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Obama destroyed Michael Flynn&#8217;s career because he was opposed to covert policy of financing\/training AlQaeda in Syria @mjb1286 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820423894477787139\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:14 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb .@yaneerbaryam Tail risk decision-maker, protector of the system. The Prez is the risk manager not the risk creator. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820423172193402881\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:11 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 5) Obama favored Jihadi headchoppers over secularists, financed AlQaeda, wrecked Lybia &amp; Syria, decimated Christian communities. Shame! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820422471887241216\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:08 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 4) Obama-novacaine left us with 10 trillion gov debt for 7-10 mil jobs and hugely increased fragility in the system. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820421278226071552\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:04 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) Basically &#8220;no scandal in his presidency&#8221; sums it all: for we didn&#8217;t elect an archbishop for sermons &amp; lectures, but a decision-maker. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820420466917699585\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) His legacy is an increased centralization in the most complex system we&#8217;ve seen, instead of exact opposite. Not the America I want. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820419749632942080\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:58 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 1) My summary of Obama: He is the fellow who, when there is fire in the building, makes a great moving speech, then calls for advice. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820419442886721539\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:56 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Dina Powell is a Copt. She is no &#8220;Arab&#8221; American; shameful on their part to use identity politics w\/wrong identity. @EHSANI22 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820416160730664960\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:43 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb PhilologyParadoxduJour. Levantine for man is zalm\u00e9\/zolm, Syriac for small\/weak; man in W. Semitic GVR, frm ~strong<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/PJOwRRFixH\"> pic.twitter.com\/PJOwRRFixH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820321297741860869\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:26 AM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Fails to get that separation isn&#8217;t &#8220;populist&#8221; vs&#8221;technical&#8221; but Real World competence vs academic &#8220;tawk&#8221; @tylercowen<a href=\"http:\/\/bv.ms\/2jevRhY \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bv.ms\/2jevRhY <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820115252939522048\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:48 PM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb You can tell at the arguments used if a person is a crypto-ISIS supporter. &#8220;We hate ISIS *but* first&#8230; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pyrmha108\/status\/820062894679330816 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pyrmha108\/status\/820062894679330816 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820103312343265280\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:00 PM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Davos is the Intellectual Yet Idiots IYIs annual convention, joined w\/the International Association of Name Droppers<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/linear911\/status\/820074029994258432 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/linear911\/status\/820074029994258432 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820098754766405632\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:42 PM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Great place for Apollo worshippers<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/g_exercitus\/status\/819993119173255168 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/g_exercitus\/status\/819993119173255168 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820011748963008512\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:56 PM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Actually, I would say further, @CutTheKnotMath is the best educational math site on the internet! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819951759753887749\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:58 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Went today to the Roman temple to honor Apollo &amp; found it profanated with Santa Claus &amp; Christmas decorations.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/X3KTcVQQxE\"> pic.twitter.com\/X3KTcVQQxE<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819948566516998144\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:45 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb From what I&#8217;ve noticed linguists don&#8217;t get co-linearity, make statistical fallacies @akhchronicles @siinjiim<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/NGjJOijCqL\"> pic.twitter.com\/NGjJOijCqL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819934271838257153\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:48 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My first Follow Friday #FF is to @CutTheKnotMath. Follow his twitter math problems for edification, pleasure, or to kill time in airports! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819931598426664960\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:38 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Proving Levantine is not derived from Arabic leads to same for most other so-called &#8220;colloquial Arabic&#8221; dialects &amp; &#8220;Arabism&#8221; to fall apart. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819894593370124288\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:11 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Shemesh is finally shining on the Southern slope of Mount Lebanon.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/zBsLMqNwFf\"> pic.twitter.com\/zBsLMqNwFf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819890515206344705\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:55 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Voila, in Classical Syriac Baqara also cow @candela3paz<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iZZ0E9Xvw6\"> pic.twitter.com\/iZZ0E9Xvw6<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819879426926215169\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:11 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;House&#8221;is &#8220;Beit&#8221;in Hebrew\/Phoenician, Aramaic,&amp; spoken Levantine (rboso), Bayt in Arabic. For idiotArab nationalists, it comes from Arabic. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819862255923773440\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:02 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Today Snow in Mount Lebanon with ominous clouds (from my window).<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/yIhgfx5k7Y\"> pic.twitter.com\/yIhgfx5k7Y<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819858054376210433\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:46 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Words such as &#8220;syrup&#8221; or &#8220;sorbet&#8221; that come from Arabic actually have Aramaic roots SRB: parched (to offset)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/uwnqqjgsXo\"> pic.twitter.com\/uwnqqjgsXo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819856195238449152\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:38 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Much of the similarities between Levantine &amp; Arabic come from Aramaic loan words into Arabic, particularly religious ones @seize_the_dave <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819839236870443008\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:31 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Arab &#8220;nationalists&#8221; believe &amp; spread the BS that pple in the Levant had NO language before the Arabs showed up. In fact it is the reverse. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819838446428635138\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:28 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Finally, I consider an IQ test, rather &#8220;Intellectual Yet Idiot&#8221; test: IYIs are pro-GMOs for &#8220;scientific&#8221; reasons.<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.s8o3lvf46 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.s8o3lvf46 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819826284826132480\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:39 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Also 538 DOES NOT have a good Brier Score: You shd include ALL forecasts! @rpmiller4 @SamWangPhD<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cpSzbelnS0\"> pic.twitter.com\/cpSzbelnS0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819823562185969665\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:29 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb .@rpmiller4 @DavisMets @SamWangPhD Brier score doesn&#8217;t cover tail risk. Would you use it for airplanes? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819821817351327748\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:22 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Mr Sam Wang who gave Trump &lt;1% shd now know enough abt forecast errors to respect risk @DavisMets @SamWangPhD <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819819659100880896\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:13 AM &#8211; 13 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb LEvantine vocabulary, 80% of words used in conversation (Zipf). Very few words have Arabic origin (conflations).<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/eL1j8U1wZi\"> pic.twitter.com\/eL1j8U1wZi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819433216100696064\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:37 PM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Never trust a journalist except if she&#8217;s your mother. (Bed of Procrustes)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diannawolfe13\/status\/819423309259481089 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/diannawolfe13\/status\/819423309259481089 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819423755399299072\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:00 PM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The prof doesn&#8217;t get it. Tenured profs are there to &#8220;pursue the truth&#8221; but to make a career. Amateurs pursue truth.<a href=\"http:\/\/wpo.st\/zlyQ2 \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wpo.st\/zlyQ2 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819240191747616772\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I am certain I am not the only one to see Rex Tillerson as one day President of the United States.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dallas\/news\/2017\/01\/11\/tillerson-to-senate-sanctions-harm-american.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dallas\/news\/2017\/01\/11\/tillerson-to-senate-sanctions-harm-american.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819220144203370496\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:31 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@DrCirillo Last version of the paper with @nntaleb about operational risk and apparently infinite means: <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2681006 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2681006 <\/a>\u00a0 A few typos corrected. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/819213202655498242\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:03 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@EHSANI22 Rex Tillerson explaining to senators Russian role in global order is like a Professor talking to &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/819209745236103170\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:49 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb .@iyad_elbaghdadi You contradict yourself. This is inconsistent w\/your classification of Maltese as nonArabs from genes in spite of lang. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819181386196250625\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:57 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I am convinced that Michiko Kakutani is mentally ill. @michikokakutani<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/qn1wVTKgcn\"> pic.twitter.com\/qn1wVTKgcn<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819179334451757056\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:49 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@denver_analyst \u201cInequality and Skin in the Game\u201d\u200a\u2014\u200a@nntaleb <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#---0-144.tvz4diwpr \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#&#8212;0-144.tvz4diwpr <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/ewcaGWLIXS&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/ewcaGWLIXS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/denver_analyst\/status\/819172751831396352\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:22 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Justinian&#8217;s code: ~ 50 vol generally on symmetry in transactions! Many clauses originally Berytus. #SkinintheGame<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/6Q6cSwbqLu\"> pic.twitter.com\/6Q6cSwbqLu<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819166918481498112\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:59 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Yes, illusion that ideas make it because of some methodological stamp, rather test of time via Lindy @BruBartonSinger @aeronlaffere <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819160498734268416\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:34 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I ban Huffington Post from publishing my material that is otherwise public to others.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankRizzo\/status\/819157902392967168 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankRizzo\/status\/819157902392967168 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819159260491816960\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:29 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Malta speaks a Semitic language v. close to Levantine;but nobody insists it&#8217;s a &#8220;dialect of Arabic&#8221;. No ArabLeague.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YanniKouts\/status\/819143770084085760 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/YanniKouts\/status\/819143770084085760 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819148164091547648\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:45 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Added more sections to my chapter on Lindy <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf#.u6g3y6ya1 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf#.u6g3y6ya1 <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/0KZcPnvg4S&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/0KZcPnvg4S <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/819147085199134720\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:40 AM &#8211; 11 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Reading Theodosius&#8217; code looking for #SkinintheGame &amp; symmetry in transaction. Sharia is too sophisticated to come from Arabia @hosain719 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818939917233455106\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:57 PM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If @realDonaldTrump ate ice cream, Krugman wd criticize ice cream. If he ate apples,he wd criticize apples. This is info abt Krugman not DT. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818923046463533056\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:50 PM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@RonPaulInstitut Where Was Meryl Streep When Obama Was Prosecuting Whistleblowers &amp; Bombing Weddings? <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/featured-articles\/2017\/january\/10\/where-was-meryl-streep-when-obama-was-prosecuting-whistleblowers-bombing-weddings\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/featured-articles\/2017\/january\/10\/where-was-meryl-streep-when-obama-was-prosecuting-whistleblowers-bombing-weddings\/ <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/rUBxrLfIdm&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/rUBxrLfIdm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/RonPaulInstitut\/status\/818919097077481472\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:35 PM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Three stages of the Christmas cheese from M. Spitznagel&#8217;s goat farm.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/OVfNpsxjEf\"> pic.twitter.com\/OVfNpsxjEf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818880065580789761\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:59 AM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Not racial: was Rome&#8217;s way to control Green-Card marriages. Legal liabilities more punishing for those marrying non citizens (&#8220;barbarians&#8221;) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818842283248386052\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:29 AM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Interesting Fact du jour. Theodosius code:Marrying a Barbarian(&#8220;gentile&#8221;)=capital punishment. Rule made in Beirut.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/GbpxzydE7w\"> pic.twitter.com\/GbpxzydE7w<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818811815618641921\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:28 AM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Added section to <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf#.ia7askabt \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf#.ia7askabt <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/mVwAvl3Yax&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/mVwAvl3Yax <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818804247949086720\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:58 AM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@philmop Empirical vs Theoretic, Researchers vs Grandmothers, @nntaleb&#8217;s top piece on the deprostitutionalization of research <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2jy5VP9 \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2jy5VP9 <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/vO4UiWpv8F&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/vO4UiWpv8F <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/philmop\/status\/818774392524115968\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:00 AM &#8211; 10 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@NIRPUmbrella A smart PhD economist on his economic outlook after reading &#8216;The Black Swan&#8217; by @nntaleb. #Complexity<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/xkxEIwZdX9\"> pic.twitter.com\/xkxEIwZdX9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/NIRPUmbrella\/status\/818613747359084544\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:21 PM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb It is as hard to fake indifference when you are interested as it is to fake interest when you are indifferent. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818561085557063680\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:52 PM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This is a more technical version of the problem of non constant Pareto \\alpha <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1609.02369.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1609.02369.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 @BrankoMilan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818535637766860802\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:11 AM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb My Amazon review of a real book on Foreign Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R1MPOC1YEX7D5R\/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=9351777596&amp;channel=detail-glance&amp;nodeID=283155&amp;store=books \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R1MPOC1YEX7D5R\/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=9351777596&amp;channel=detail-glance&amp;nodeID=283155&amp;store=books <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818528016758439936\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:41 AM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Do you realize this puts you &#8211;as a classicist &#8212; on top of the pyramid? @ArmandDAngour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818514091404853248\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:45 AM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Parag Khanna&#8217;s ideas about technocracy, US, Singapore, Switz, &amp; why we need smaller Washington<a href=\"http:\/\/wpo.st\/I2UQ2 \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wpo.st\/I2UQ2 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818465544626171905\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:32 AM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I just published \u201cAn Expert Called Lindy\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818455744508989440\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:53 AM &#8211; 9 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Cannanite Shift @oldlevantine @lourou1981 You good; very good. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canaanite_shift \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canaanite_shift <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818257220311875585\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:44 PM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Stiglitz is the poifect reverse indicator<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guruanaerobic\/status\/818251394817937408 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/guruanaerobic\/status\/818251394817937408 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818252146147786752\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:24 PM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@normonics Uncontrolled spreading of environmentally detrimental GMO &#8212; systemic risk!! <a href=\"http:\/\/fooledbyrandomness.com\/pp2.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fooledbyrandomness.com\/pp2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2017\/01\/grass_seed_industry_fearful_ab.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2017\/01\/grass_seed_industry_fearful_ab.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/normonics\/status\/818233165508526080\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:09 PM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb #MathisBeautiful Fixed! @CutTheKnotMath @republicofmath<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/0ISJqe5OSg\"> pic.twitter.com\/0ISJqe5OSg<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818168680664236032\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:53 AM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@DanielLMcAdams Does anyone believe Christmas would be celebrated in Aleppo if Washington&#8217;s jihadist head-choppers had &#8220;liberated&#8221; it?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818088570623770625 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818088570623770625 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DanielLMcAdams\/status\/818154979110359040\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:58 AM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb There were large Armenian quarters in Jerusalem, Aleppo, Alexandria BEFORE the Genocide, thanks to diff church didn&#8217;t integrate @TNinestein <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818121453128323073\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:45 AM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Reexplaining the Lindy Effect as well as why is free he who doesn&#8217;t care about his reputation.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/H9w9dPYcQv\"> pic.twitter.com\/H9w9dPYcQv<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818117110270427136\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:28 AM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Aleppo depended on Cilicia during Tigran&#8217;s dominance. @TNinestein<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/1NW4FLEpLQ\"> pic.twitter.com\/1NW4FLEpLQ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818092224659464192\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:49 AM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Armenian Christmas in Aleppo. The Armenian comm. precedes the Arab conquest. Still there in spite of Hussain Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThierryMARIANI\/status\/818027631073492992 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThierryMARIANI\/status\/818027631073492992 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/818088570623770625\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:34 AM &#8211; 8 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ms Anya policygoonocrat @AnyaMartin8, pls find a SINGLE concept in my writing not backed up with rigorous technical formulation. Thanks you. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817844348666712064\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:24 PM &#8211; 7 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A businessperson cares abt his reputation as it facilitates business, not as an end. For people who aren\u2019t free, reputation is the end. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817832137319739392\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:35 PM &#8211; 7 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 5 abstract &amp; ill-defined words in 140chr: &#8220;strong&#8221; &#8220;vital partner&#8221;&#8221;free&#8221; &#8220;dictatorship&#8221; i.e., can apply to anything.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/817811092575584260 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/817811092575584260 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817815626915999745\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:30 AM &#8211; 7 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@elkement Bookmarked @nntaleb&#8217;s post on The New Artisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10153860152453375 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10153860152453375 <\/a>\u00a0 I read it whenever I feel to falter as a small business owner. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/elkement\/status\/817749958686339072\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:09 AM &#8211; 7 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Squid ink<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cYb1QTGudM\"> pic.twitter.com\/cYb1QTGudM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817545684949811200\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:37 PM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Life isn&#8217;t about getting forecasts &#8220;right&#8221;; it is about navigating the environment and controlling it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817478148686278657\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:09 PM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb All talk. It is not people on twitter one shd impress, but the taxman<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnPettifor\/status\/817405431702323200 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnPettifor\/status\/817405431702323200 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817468620347441152\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:31 PM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Shadi Hamid @shadihamid represents the interests of the funders of AlQeda. Much worse than neocon. @FedUpCitizen_ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817449795522588672\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:16 AM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And I forgot to add the Copts who deserve our attention the most!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817409792406855680 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817409792406855680 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817448643959484418\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:11 AM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb To my Armenian and Russian Orthodox friends, Merry Christmas! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817409792406855680\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:37 AM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Proof that entropy under 2nd law leads to thin tails,or why Pinker is a charlatan @sapinker @yaneerbaryam<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/KEmdqFg61J\"> pic.twitter.com\/KEmdqFg61J<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817389746691407872\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:17 AM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Nobody is noticing: the entropy error by Pinker boy @sapinker is precisely what leads pple to believe in thintails everywhere. @yaneerbaryam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817353514762588160\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:53 AM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Syria is the victim of &#8220;hotel journalism&#8221;: war correspondents clustering in Beirut, far from Aleppo. TBS, 10y ago:<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/pV8zLUybkv\"> pic.twitter.com\/pV8zLUybkv<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817347688521957376\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:30 AM &#8211; 6 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Is it me or there is something wrong with Steven Pinker @sapinker pronouncements on scientific topics? @yaneerbaryam<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@yaneerbaryam\/brief-comment-on-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-in-human-affairs-885105dc8419?source=twitterShare-f138bf5466fe-1483664469 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@yaneerbaryam\/brief-comment-on-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-in-human-affairs-885105dc8419?source=twitterShare-f138bf5466fe-1483664469 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817174559820488707\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:02 PM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@dnlmc @nntaleb Ben Franklin on IYIs (from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dnlmc\/status\/810331163797712896 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/dnlmc\/status\/810331163797712896 <\/a>\u00a0)<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/uW9ho5Zywp&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/uW9ho5Zywp <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/dnlmc\/status\/817160607615090692\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:07 PM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I&#8217;ve learned more tricks &amp; heuristics from Rory than I&#8217;ve learned from all other English speaking humans.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rorysutherland\/status\/817059502944112640 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/rorysutherland\/status\/817059502944112640 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817122841279741954\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:37 PM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The usual illustration confirming Math is Beautiful @CutTheKnotMath<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/jKsLrjWlm4\"> pic.twitter.com\/jKsLrjWlm4<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817107882411958272\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:37 PM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb They live in Washington DC @digvijoy_c @MaxAbrahms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817102603830050816\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:16 PM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The Babylonian root is shitpu, ashaptu, ashabu, etc.: surge in fire; looking for Ugaritic @asadabukhalil @lourou1981<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/esBeT7AnRd\"> pic.twitter.com\/esBeT7AnRd<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817089461997670400\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:24 AM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@leithfadel Hi @ABarnardNYT &#8211; Why did you leave out the part where Kerry says the US used ISIS to pressure Assad to negotiate?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/09\/30\/world\/middleeast\/john-kerry-syria-audio.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/09\/30\/world\/middleeast\/john-kerry-syria-audio.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/leithfadel\/status\/817084912146771968\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:06 AM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If you want to make sure someone never misses your tweets, block him. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/817062682092249088\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:38 AM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@elliotsanchez @nntaleb Guidelines were wrong for years, we should introduce stressors early for 80% less allergies. Shocked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/peanut-allergies-new-guidelines-for-parents-children\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/peanut-allergies-new-guidelines-for-parents-children\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/elliotsanchez\/status\/817039793066508289\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:07 AM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Shob is in Syriac, apparently not in Arabic @lourou1981<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/rw96tu221b\"> pic.twitter.com\/rw96tu221b<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816987191532523520\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:38 AM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@anishraju As always, @nntaleb stays ever relevant. In 2017, subtract unhappiness instead of adding happiness.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/mw037RwTfj\"> pic.twitter.com\/mw037RwTfj<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/anishraju\/status\/816964203013607424\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:06 AM &#8211; 5 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@MaxAbrahms Do you find it troubling when think tanks that get foreign funding from terrorist-sponsoring countries provide US national security advice? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/816848454962049030\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:27 PM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@JAMyerson It can be easy to overstate the anti-anti-Assad case, but this look at western coverage of Aleppo strikes me as legit and reasonable.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAIRmediawatch\/status\/816692382116806656 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAIRmediawatch\/status\/816692382116806656 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/JAMyerson\/status\/816728494252113921\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:30 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Genuine [the book&#8217;s contents]<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khayutsefi\/status\/816699513494794240 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/khayutsefi\/status\/816699513494794240 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816716529089871872\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:42 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) The HKM in Heb\/Ar are associated with wisdom, HKM= to arbitrate. Here spoken Levantine still uses the original meaning &#8220;to medicate&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816716114097041409\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:41 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Is it me or something pathological fighting Russia when armed state w\/~7mil pop. beheads Americans,kills civilians in West &amp; &gt;10K nonSunnis? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816670586793558017\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:40 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Philology dujour: Akkadian calls doctors Hakkamu,just as Levantine does 4200y later, medicate=Hakkam (Ar = Tabbab)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/UF69JuEYKU\"> pic.twitter.com\/UF69JuEYKU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816658377908555776\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:51 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@ZEEJLF Join @nntaleb as he discusses his multi-volume essay on uncertainty with writer &amp; economist @davidmcw at Cox &amp; Kings Charbagh at #ZEEJLF.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/NiukpbnDvK\"> pic.twitter.com\/NiukpbnDvK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ZEEJLF\/status\/816654232577253376\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:35 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb .@1rapidus He is not passing for intellectual. Kapish? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816640387943170048\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:40 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb IYI Intellectual Yet Idiot struck a cord as it was obvious. *Intellectual Yet Philistine* is even worse. Idiot is ok, No Erudition is fatal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816636157970829312\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:23 AM &#8211; 4 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Now that we are discovering how dumb the &#8220;elite&#8221; effectively is, plus IYI , they will never recover. Mystique gone.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_GISI\/status\/816444194805968896 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_GISI\/status\/816444194805968896 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816465344093159424\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:04 PM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Assembly in Aleppo: you can see visibly Western Syrians, incl. Sunnis, are Mediterraneans\/S. Europeans, not Arabs.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/5SLaFsQ7BS\"> pic.twitter.com\/5SLaFsQ7BS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816367635906625537\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:36 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I used to hold Larry Summers in low respect. Today I hold him in negative respect: he magically gets things backward<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasHahn1990\/status\/816353262320304128 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasHahn1990\/status\/816353262320304128 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816354869569290240\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:45 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb He gets it. It&#8217;s the mechanism, the process, not the idea.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mattrud\/status\/816353990141243394 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mattrud\/status\/816353990141243394 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816354491737968641\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:44 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@evil_SDOC Lentement, certains l\u00e8vent le voile sur la gde escroquerie qu&#8217;a \u00e9t\u00e9 la couverture m\u00e9diatique de la guerre en Syrie<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marianne.net\/syrie-victime-plus-credibilite-mediatique-100248961.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.marianne.net\/syrie-victime-plus-credibilite-mediatique-100248961.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/evil_SDOC\/status\/816338727257731072\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:41 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Rothkopf @djrothkopf is a fraud; I said it to his face here on twitter. @PALE_Primate @outsh1ned @MusicityManager @GenFlynn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816322842585399296\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:38 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Next week!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahouraxo\/status\/816033994508800000 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahouraxo\/status\/816033994508800000 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816316946933227520\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:15 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I feel I do not have soul in the game when 1) cutting corners, 2) reading a classic in a different language than original. Like cheating. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816289094863089665\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:24 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb OK, OK, evidence of Seneca not far. @avisolo<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/FDKd5Z0CIi\"> pic.twitter.com\/FDKd5Z0CIi<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816287346274529281\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:17 AM &#8211; 3 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb IYI Economists as frauds: 1) compare themselves to pilots in complex self-organized system 2) their planes crashed<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinWolfers\/status\/815939523964243968 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinWolfers\/status\/815939523964243968 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/816020206329925632\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:35 PM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Resolution: to go full Lindy for 2017; set 2 shelves. #LindyEffect @OrodruinR<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/gz6xgRSdCA\"> pic.twitter.com\/gz6xgRSdCA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815989928391745536\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:35 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I use twitter as scratchpad for the Appendix of Skin in the Game @JakeNabel<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/AplAJ6rLve\"> pic.twitter.com\/AplAJ6rLve<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815954505934209024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:14 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;L&#8217;\u00e9mulation et la jalousie ne se rencontrent gu\u00e8re que dans les personnes du m\u00eame art, de m\u00eame talent et de m\u00eame condition.&#8221; LB @JakeNabel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815953375024054272\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:10 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Shiites, like Christians, have a culture of martyrs; and they have a long, very long memory. Not good for KSA<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khamenei_ir\/status\/815923696506458112 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/khamenei_ir\/status\/815923696506458112 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815925956355493890\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:21 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Econmsts praised Piketty&#8217;s &#8220;erudition&#8221; for citing J. Austen; the equivalent to praising the weighlifting of someone carrying a briefcase&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815921499609726976\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:03 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Expanded the chapter on Dynamic Inequality &amp; Envy<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#.70i1k3ari \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#.70i1k3ari <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815918793914548229\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:52 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb (cont) Inequality: Envy doesn&#8217;t travel geography and social classes<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/IHuX5uD6vc\"> pic.twitter.com\/IHuX5uD6vc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815917092801249280\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:46 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The notion &#8220;no-one is a prophet in his own land&#8221; originates in Aristotle&#8217;s Rhetoric. (Libanius,Autob.) #inequality<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/WGVbJak94z\"> pic.twitter.com\/WGVbJak94z<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815912175495684096\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:26 AM &#8211; 2 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The more data people show you, the more suspicious &amp; intellectually vigilant you should be. Added to Ineq. Chapter.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Fki4W2BqnU\"> pic.twitter.com\/Fki4W2BqnU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815708591147646977\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:57 PM &#8211; 1 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The proof can be redone graphically. The solution is in corners for the max, and center for min @CutTheKnotMath<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/QFmxEUIlMJ\"> pic.twitter.com\/QFmxEUIlMJ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815700954146279425\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:27 PM &#8211; 1 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Happy 2017 everybody. Hope the new year delivers to you something you deserve but did not dare to wish for. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815611486739501056\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:31 AM &#8211; 1 Jan 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Maybe I should be very worried. @trishankkarthik took my class &amp; didn&#8217;t mention probability. Nor deadlifts.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trishankkarthik\/status\/815310426586103808 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/trishankkarthik\/status\/815310426586103808 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815340864461475840\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:36 PM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Corrected typos &amp; glad it passes the test of terrorism expert @MaxAbrahms<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/zINyihHzVw\"> pic.twitter.com\/zINyihHzVw<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815321011482664960\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:17 PM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The author of the book is the boxer, high-flying adventurer, entrepreneur and mathematician @JustinWolfers @Caseyag1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815318824006328320\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:08 PM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Everything before the &#8220;but&#8221; is meant to be ignored by the speaker; and everything after the &#8220;but&#8221; should be ignored by the listener. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815311629193773057\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:40 PM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb New Year Resolutions are in my \u201cCommencement Address, AUB, 2016\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/commencement-address-american-university-in-beirut-2016-a5c6d57984b#.17sca2q22 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/commencement-address-american-university-in-beirut-2016-a5c6d57984b#.17sca2q22 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815302368971649024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:03 PM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ch 8 of Skin in the Game, or How to put the head of a horse in your enemy&#8217;s bed. Waiting for @MaxAbrahms to comment<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/I8vpZGXXHJ\"> pic.twitter.com\/I8vpZGXXHJ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815284030056833024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:50 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Redo everything from the ground up yourself. Never use computerized metrics unless you&#8217;ve derived them @sleuthstock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815227280427319297\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:05 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 7) Year end 2016: my use of &#8220;boy&#8221; as over sign of disrespect (such as &#8220;Pinker boy&#8221;) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20boy&amp;src=typd \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20boy&amp;src=typd <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815210347141464064\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:57 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 6) Year end 2016: 2017 Resolution 1: Finish Skin in the Game. 2017 Resolution 2: Deadlift 420. 2017 Resolution 3&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/cmPtWWHmGA\"> pic.twitter.com\/cmPtWWHmGA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815208657243742209\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:51 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Assuming 50% pr, (\u00bd)^{10} =1\/1024 so decimal adj @CommonSense190 @ChateauEmissary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815203023865729024\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:28 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 5) Year end 2016: My most read piece, Intellectual Yet Idiot, added PPS <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.2g4c64l2f \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.2g4c64l2f <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/3Q4CWogdKK&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/3Q4CWogdKK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815198806727860224\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:11 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Klueless: The N is not &#8220;small&#8221;. The probability of randomly getting 10 heads on 10 flips is Permalink 5:28 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Like this @moniker42 Which is a reason to block all journos from your twitter feed.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/LNaK1QO9fo\"> pic.twitter.com\/LNaK1QO9fo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815184157638885376\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:13 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This idiot journo doesn&#8217;t realize that ALMOST ALL scientific papers are used with same sample size &amp; higher pval.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moniker42\/status\/815181276558852097 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/moniker42\/status\/815181276558852097 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815183835172401152\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:12 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@J_Mareeswaran @nntaleb Obama used a law devised to fight Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan to fund Al-Qaeda in Syria. Now explain that. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/J_Mareeswaran\/status\/815140973592256512\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:22 AM &#8211; 31 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Beautiful recitation in the language of Christ<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SYRIAC_MARONITE\/status\/814994491778236416 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SYRIAC_MARONITE\/status\/814994491778236416 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/815003105926545408\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:14 PM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Two packages this PM<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/mIQUlH7xCr\"> pic.twitter.com\/mIQUlH7xCr<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814967269323374593\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:51 PM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Near East (Mediterranean) and Middle East are different areas historically, ethnically, and culturally. @MattheWrite @EHSANI22 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814959373302857730\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:20 PM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Hugh Kennedy has it completely wrong.The Arab penetration and Islamization of Syria were v. v. slow outside Damascus<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/814955122535124998 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/814955122535124998 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814955706394804225\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:05 PM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb That was my reaction to dialogue: &#8211; Why did Barack Hussain Obama betray the American public by financing AlQaeda? &#8211; Things are &#8220;complicated&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814924863190298625\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:03 PM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb We asked Pinker Boy to back up his data &amp; provide technical answers; his reply was *evasive* Englishmajor BS.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/tkHaarn8DL\"> pic.twitter.com\/tkHaarn8DL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814923698331324416\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:58 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Things are never complicated if one has principles. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814918149556543488\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:36 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@GoldOverFiat &#8220;Only the autodidacts are free.&#8221; -@nntaleb<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/WvIBEFC50h\"> pic.twitter.com\/WvIBEFC50h<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GoldOverFiat\/status\/814903148804538368\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:37 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 4) Year end 2016: Remember that Bloomberg is #FakeNews as @BV has not retracted &amp; @Noahpinion&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/SmithBSVendor.html \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/SmithBSVendor.html <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814891383026831360\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 9:50 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3) Year end 2016 An antology of my squid ink episodes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20squid%20OR%20ink&amp;src=typd \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20squid%20OR%20ink&amp;src=typd <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814862095581904896\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:53 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Year end 2016: An antology of my twitter arguments as they often include &#8220;kapish&#8221;, &#8220;nonkapish&#8221; or &#8220;Mr.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20kapish%20OR%20nonkapish%20OR%20Mr.&amp;src=typd \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20kapish%20OR%20nonkapish%20OR%20Mr.&amp;src=typd <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814861630978789376\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:52 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Year end 2016: A compilation of my philology tweets (Aramaic\/Syriac, etc.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20syriac%20OR%20aramaic%20OR%20levantine&amp;src=typd \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=nntaleb%20syriac%20OR%20aramaic%20OR%20levantine&amp;src=typd <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814827928156520448\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:38 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Is computerized aid permissible? Used minimization under constraint @CutTheKnotMath<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/TZrQf7dwtY\"> pic.twitter.com\/TZrQf7dwtY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814824402797916160\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:24 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Hillary\/Trump &amp; Weightlifting;results are more significant (according to same norms) than 99% of published &#8220;science&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/5qoWE7RTIa\"> pic.twitter.com\/5qoWE7RTIa<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814797684217442304\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 3:38 AM &#8211; 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 3-4 C later it was part of Babylon (Iraq), 5C later if was part of Persia (Iran), 2 C later it was part of &#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exjon\/status\/813923965299101696 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/exjon\/status\/813923965299101696 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814668026738077700\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:02 PM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb There is nothing empirical nor rigorous in use of psychoBS s.a. &#8220;Hedgehog\/fox&#8221; outside of hunting. Kapish? @JackMcMackin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814599458507943937\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 2:30 PM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb This is almost right. Can do manually with some finessing. @carlfischer101<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/NeLa2CQNfq\"> pic.twitter.com\/NeLa2CQNfq<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814577690401525765\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 1:03 PM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Been getting that kind of BS since FBR &#8220;be nice to econs\/bankers\/journos&#8221; Wd being &#8220;nice&#8221; to the mafia change it?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackMcMackin\/status\/814570913697927168 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackMcMackin\/status\/814570913697927168 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814574622930829312\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:51 PM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb At gym: Asked weightlifters in basement if they voted Trump. 9 voted Trump, 1 Johnson. Upstairs, bourgeois floor (machines), 10\/10 Hillary. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814560759577513984\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:56 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I don&#8217;t like substance. I leave it to CNN. @FridaGhitis @BibekKafle12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814547707608133634\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:04 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I have discussed in The Black Swan 2nd ed. how Friedman &amp; similar BS vendors got complexity backward. @BibekKafle12 @FridaGhitis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814547248646393859\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:02 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Full body effort (sq\/DL) at your 5 Max Rep (ALL muscles\/bones challenged) switch gear via hormones or other. It&#8217;s informational. @gzibordi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814546884945707014\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 11:01 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb While Friedman&#8217;s harmful ignorance isn&#8217;t curable, lack of jaw\/neck definition can be slightly reduced by deadlifts.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slate\/status\/813812798660743168 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slate\/status\/813812798660743168 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814544448264818689\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:51 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Voila what our fearless group suspected is now getting confirmed!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/814532154680082432 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/814532154680082432 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814538779264483328\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:29 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Was in Akkadian In Latin\/Greek near but diff homonyms \u2260 meaning In Semitic\/Engl near homonyms often synonyms. @DeadLiftCapital @elie2222 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814537902269091840\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:25 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Akkadian: darasu=&gt; to pound. Syriac: both samekh Aramaic: samekh for one,shin other Arabic: both shin @elie2222<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/nFmcHt8IOF\"> pic.twitter.com\/nFmcHt8IOF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814533545507123201\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 10:08 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Ammianus on the Syrian Rebels\/ISIS: &#8220;People to have neither as friends nor as enemies&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814457120628371457 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814457120628371457 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814494506561245184\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 7:33 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Syrian author Ammianus Marcellinus describes the tribes of (now) East Syria: borders is along today&#8217;s Syrian war.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/1pmIIC4Zey\"> pic.twitter.com\/1pmIIC4Zey<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814457120628371457\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:04 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Convexity effects of rereading<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/t7QT5HIGgW\"> pic.twitter.com\/t7QT5HIGgW<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814452347724333056\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:45 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nfergus More festive joy from the uncrowned king of Twitter: \u201cInequality and Skin in the Game\u201d by @nntaleb<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#.bdw494r5a \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#.bdw494r5a <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nfergus\/status\/814385179703779328\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 12:18 AM &#8211; 29 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb OK, solved (after some tinkering) @CutTheKnotMath<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/UhFkhUNSFk\"> pic.twitter.com\/UhFkhUNSFk<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814284707743629312\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:39 PM &#8211; 28 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@joshfattore Markov Chains Explained Visually &#8211; This will help with Taleb&#8217;s piece. <a href=\"http:\/\/setosa.io\/ev\/markov-chains\/ \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/setosa.io\/ev\/markov-chains\/ <\/a>\u00a0 via @vicapow @nntaleb<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/813854886148374529 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/813854886148374529 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/joshfattore\/status\/814269902072614912\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 4:40 PM &#8211; 28 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I challenge Gary Kasparov @Kasparov63 to spend a few days, even minutes, with the rebels. Otherwise he shd learn to keep his mouth shut.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kasparov63\/status\/813909779148111875 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/kasparov63\/status\/813909779148111875 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814152318019059712\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 8:53 AM &#8211; 28 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Wealth is not zero sum, inequality is by definition. @thoreau_devotee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814120138526093313\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:45 AM &#8211; 28 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I added to the Inequality piece <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#.vhggmfpff \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46#.vhggmfpff <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/qVELokYYji&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/qVELokYYji <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814114926461652992\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 6:24 AM &#8211; 28 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Obama allowed bankers to have the LARGEST bonus pool in history, in 2010. Put interest rates at 0 for them.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/813938371550703616 \" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/813938371550703616 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/814099021534990336\" target=\"_blank\">Permalink<\/a> 5:21 AM &#8211; 28 Dec 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>@nntaleb Not just this idiot but MSM journos keeps calling &#8220;tyrant&#8221; a person who never ran a country. Minimum IQ required!https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARoss2929\/status\/820430811241521153 \u00a0 Permalink 4:51 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017 @nntaleb And Sorry, poor unassisted and courageous Yemen, I keep forgetting.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/820422471887241216 \u00a0 Permalink 4:45 PM &#8211; 14 Jan 2017 @nntaleb 6) Obama allowed bankers to have [&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":[317,1406,1405,1403,640,625,1371,1408,1404,1407,174],"class_list":["post-8551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-friedman","tag-gym-voting","tag-idiot-journo","tag-kasparov","tag-lindy-effect","tag-michiko-kakutani","tag-obama","tag-parag-khanna","tag-pinker-boy","tag-stiglitz","tag-summers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8551","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=8551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8552,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8551\/revisions\/8552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}