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@nntaleb 3825 years later, economists haven’t yet figured out what Babylonians did: debt has systemic effects (hence on others), self-harm doesn’t.https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylercowen\/status\/826613009132969984 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:14 PM – 2 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@jnyangena Something @nntaleb has been saying for years nowhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentBeshore\/status\/827237359074684928 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:17 PM – 2 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Do IYI economists & social “scientists” realize they will soon be cut from taxpayer money? The pseudo-research $$ scam is bound to end. Permalink<\/a> 9:59 AM – 2 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb New York Museum of Mathematics, @MoMath1 Matthew Richey pic.twitter.com\/rC0hWazww1<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:15 PM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Outside your shit papers, in the real world, risk-takers work with thresholds to simplify life. @R_Thaler @JamesMarsh79 Permalink<\/a> 9:53 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Rodrik, like cheap Starbucks, engages in cheap virtue signaling, at the expense of sophistry. Bullshit is free. @CliffordAsness @rodrikdani Permalink<\/a> 6:20 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb We’ve know Syria news were fake almost from the beginning. Why did it take that long? Herding\/lack of courage by journos fearful to deviate.https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/826582270777683968 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:00 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont) Last time I set foot in Starbucks they were selling something called “ethical water”; with millennials falling for that scam. Permalink<\/a> 2:29 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nothing wrong in the classics in the elevation of your status. But you need to take risks for that, signal courage. @PrometheusAM Permalink<\/a> 2:18 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Great Ed Thorpe’s memoir. @JamesMarsh79 alerted me that smokevendor @R_Thaler finds Kelly\/Thorpe criterion a mistakehttps:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/foreword-to-ed-thorps-memoirs-a-man-for-all-markets-6beba78cd2b#.eo4b8yt9s <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:17 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 4) “Bullshit vending” was present in the classics, as more politely “Smoke vending” “Vendere fumum” Compiled in Erasmus (Adagia, I, 3, 41 ) Permalink<\/a> 2:06 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Blaming Starbucks for fake virtue signaling, hypocrisy, exploitation of the immigration ban, @kaveh_h I boycott Starbucks since GMO darkact Permalink<\/a> 1:58 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) I am procrastinating w\/ *Skin in the Game* as I can’t find *virtue signaling* in classics (#Lindy),nothing beyond hypocrisy. Is it new? Permalink<\/a> 1:56 AM – 1 Feb 2017<\/p>\n

@illacertus Just uploaded my animation of The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) – https:\/\/youtu.be\/lRN_KT17mNo <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/2z9AyjC8MJ”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/2z9AyjC8MJ Permalink<\/a> 10:35 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Results are lift specific. Deadlift 5max rep dropped from weaknening of wrist. Rest between unchanged (squat) and slighly down (press). Thx!https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/825684555407511552 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:26 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Voila @CutTheKnotMath pic.twitter.com\/GQbASsQwII<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:51 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It takes courage to stand up to Saudi Arabia, none to virtue signal here. There is no virtue without risktaking & sacrifice #skininthegamehttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/826386249992830978 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:41 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I boycott SaudiBarbaria. They should. @MrSeras @AlexJacksonKerr @Konstant_V Permalink<\/a> 3:19 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Virtue signaling here and there! Pseudo left here, extreme right there. https:\/\/twitter.com\/konstant_v\/status\/826251002592559109 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:06 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@GreenRupertRead https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jan\/29\/barcelona-residents-protest-high-rents-fuelled-by-tourism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other <\/a>\u00a0 – An encouraging development!: Barcelona marches against the harmfulness of tourism on the city. @g_kallis Pse RT Permalink<\/a> 2:27 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The IYI pseudo-left is disgusting.https:\/\/twitter.com\/rupasubramanya\/status\/823410948589416448 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:11 AM – 31 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb We Christians have been made uncomfortable & not at home in the Levant; we feel at home with Western values & want to keep it as such. Permalink<\/a> 11:15 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Abdulla I came here running away from intolerant Salafis like you & separation of ch & state. No chasing me here.https:\/\/twitter.com\/saloul\/status\/826143889161613312 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:06 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3\/People are not getting that it is under Obama that minorities fleeing Sunni persecution were not allowed !!! pic.twitter.com\/pLcAooTXly<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:03 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Here is the answer to Mr Greene @bgreene: don’t use your “scientific” status to give policy advice about risk. pic.twitter.com\/B0Cp7HfTCk<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:07 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Can someone answer the fellow abt comparing random variables? Thanks.https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgreene\/status\/826080516256436224 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:23 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Greene is CLUELESS abt risk\/probblty.”Odds” are NOT past frequencies for fat tailed distributions ! Only thintailedhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/bgreene\/status\/826066350619652098 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:20 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A better link for the paper: https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/elections.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:53 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally, first draft of my paper on how to forecast an election: forecast includes more volatility than success pr.https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/wfhm4q3w3k964y2\/elections1.pdf?dl=0 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:31 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No, retweets. I unfollowed those who retweeted this. @shootersix Permalink<\/a> 3:42 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Alas, statistics w\/o reasoning. P(hit by bus) < 10^-20 probability of quadrupling. Not terror. #FooledByRandomness !https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimKardashian\/status\/825580660337283073 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:39 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) Reasoning: if a Moroccan terrorist (hence Muslim) killed Muslim people in #QuebecCity, very high probability the victims are Shiites. Permalink<\/a> 2:20 AM – 30 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For Baal’s sake, note that I am against the ban for Iran, Iraq & Yemen, but REQUIRING restrictions for Salafis .Kapish? @mtsw @rodrikdani Permalink<\/a> 10:35 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And Salafism isn’t quite promoting the tolerant “diversity” that Mr Rodrik is looking for… @rodrikdani Permalink<\/a> 10:30 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Had @rodrikdani made an effort to get the point instead of bullshitting: American value is not accepting assymmetric *intolerant* religion. Permalink<\/a> 10:28 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Rodrik, hope you understand that you are some BS-writing hack living on American charity. Not quite the American dream. @rodrikdani Permalink<\/a> 9:32 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Asymmetric separation between church and state is leading to Halal public shools in France. @schmittpaula @zak_pullen Permalink<\/a> 9:22 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A friend you lose was never a friend. @TheDefenderA Permalink<\/a> 9:02 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@BBassem7 Christianity is under attack by ISIS & AlQaeda in the Middle East. This is no secret. This is a video of what ISIS did to churches in N Iraq pic.twitter.com\/MpQshEct25<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:01 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@schmittpaula @nntaleb Case in point:Somali taxi drivers in Minneapolis airport refusing to pick up passengers w alcohol, sending them to back of the line Permalink<\/a> 8:36 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For those still confused about Salafi Islam & the Popper-Godel principle, let me again invoke the minority rule.https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15#.iyxs6hpdm <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:24 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I came as refugee from the Lebanese war, embraced American values,& vowed to defend them. I refuse immigrants who don’t embrace our values. Permalink<\/a> 8:02 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) Shiites are also victims. In Saudi Arabia they are treated worse than dhimmis. Permalink<\/a> 7:23 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) Iran is the only Islamic country that is truly robust in its tolerance towards Christians and Jews. Permalink<\/a> 7:21 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Those railing abt temp ban are silent abt dhimmification & extermination by Sunnis Salafis in Near & Middle-East.https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/825721153142521858 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:18 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@GreenRupertRead St Thomas Aquinas – ‘It is better that a blind horse is slow’. #PrecautionaryPrinciple pic.twitter.com\/0K1Wz882VE<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:54 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Back to New York after ~4 weeks weightlifting hiatus, to let the body heal from injuries. What will happen to the maximum press\/deadlift? Permalink<\/a> 4:38 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Proper legal mechanism is to de-label Salafism as religion, treat it like a political party (say Nazis) then ban!https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/we-dont-know-what-we-are-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-religion-3e65e6a3c44e#.8olh056n6 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:43 AM – 29 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Bingo! It is fallacious to treat Salafis as religion or race, but as a violent viciously intolerant political party.https:\/\/twitter.com\/kringelikrok\/status\/825600544559362048 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:25 PM – 28 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Just as “political science” doesn’t have any science, “think tanks” are for people who don’t and can’t think. Permalink<\/a> 3:21 PM – 28 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Salafism is CRIMINAL @singhponline @Medium Permalink<\/a> 2:13 PM – 28 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A potent border test for Salafis: crack a joke and check their sense of humor. Salafis & literalists can’t get humor.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/825430237643149315 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:05 PM – 28 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb We should ban indiv. Salafascists from entering U.S., not countries, not Yemenis & Shiite Iranians. (Popper-Godel)https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15#.moo05xksc <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:47 AM – 28 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No-nonsense Book on Fat Tails with @DrCirillo, looking increasingly like Dynamic Hedging in style. pic.twitter.com\/SZFzKNiP8C<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:13 AM – 28 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Probability du Jour: Why correlation always finite and bounded in (-1, 1), when covariances are undefined. (final) pic.twitter.com\/fgj3itJzEB<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:16 PM – 27 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb While Trump’s”enemies take him literally not seriously & friends seriously not literally”, the wise looks at his acts & acts only. No words. Permalink<\/a> 6:40 AM – 27 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Actually title is “Extreme Events and How to Live with Them” Permalink<\/a> 6:26 AM – 27 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They aren’t aware that I will lecture on something related to the Ancient Mediterranean without anyone noticing.https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarwinLectures\/status\/824985891840151552 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:24 AM – 27 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Pedagogical slides explaining Fat Tails for my talk in Cambridge questa sera: Why under fat tails single events>sum pic.twitter.com\/oXNzOUp9m6<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:05 AM – 27 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Cambridge pic.twitter.com\/UasiBmiIlK<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:26 PM – 26 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb From discussion w\/ @DrCirillo abt the mystery of why correlation exists but not covariance for very Fat Tailed dist pic.twitter.com\/rz6cp0UDUc<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:45 PM – 26 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The problem with demonizing people instead of criticizing them is that truth eventually comes out in full force & the devil becomes a saint.https:\/\/twitter.com\/daniellmcadams\/status\/824769366046732288 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:24 PM – 26 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Bravo! There has never been a crowd that creates as much harm thinking they are doing good as pple in US State Dept.https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/824655496854564864 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:05 AM – 26 Jan 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You cannot do statistics without logic. Otherwise you become a data fraud, or, worse, an economist.https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/824328271814868992 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:07 AM – 26 Jan 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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