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@nntaleb A Greek-Orthodox (me) will give a short lecture about reviving the language of the Maronites in …an Armenian place of worship in NY.https:\/\/twitter.com\/rwnicholson_\/status\/862487002398195712 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:28 PM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Squid ink pic.twitter.com\/kOVTwQCQl5<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:36 PM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It is easier to fool someone perceived as “intelligent” than a doorman. Just use abstract words in your argument. Permalink<\/a> 3:57 PM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I don’t drink beer. Would bourbon do?https:\/\/twitter.com\/realistgrower\/status\/862398036584022016 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:20 PM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “Intelligent” Ivy-league people (those exam-taking idiots, IYIs) are structurally selected for finding patterns, not doubting them. Permalink<\/a> 9:49 AM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Conspiracy theorizing reflects minds evolved enough to see patterns, but insufficiently to prune out the spurious. #FooledbyRandomness Permalink<\/a> 9:13 AM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@RyderCleary WSJ editors have been reading their @nntaleb. #Antifragile pic.twitter.com\/ZbE2V7wuFI<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:31 AM – 10 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Year end picture & class party w students of my class at School of Engineering NYU @nyutandon pic.twitter.com\/kAK2E6cF81<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:04 PM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Standing press (clean and press without the clean). Permalink<\/a> 2:38 PM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Friends, what is the press equivalent to deadlifting 400lb? Permalink<\/a> 2:35 PM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@MaxBlumenthal Bana Alabed & the White Helmets build on a grand tradition of pro-war psy-ops, most notably this Gulf War-era scam: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1992\/01\/15\/opinion\/deception-on-capitol-hill.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:20 PM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@CynicalSceptic_ Every day is a good day when @nntaleb and @GadSaad shit on the elitist establishment. God bless both of you!https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/861922504813797376 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:23 AM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Corrected typos pic.twitter.com\/hRUnADCV9k<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:36 AM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The skinny-fat warmonger is something new in history. Opening the discussion for my evo friends @johndurant @primalpoly @GadSaad pic.twitter.com\/dnlSI3c12P<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@saifedean 5 decades of being predominantly unproductive consumers living off petrodollar rents cannot be reversed in a year, or even in a generation. Permalink<\/a> 4:09 AM – 9 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you worry about your reputation you don’t deserve to have one. Permalink<\/a> 1:37 PM – 8 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Michael Flynn knew about Obama’s support for AlQaeda “rebels”https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/861611846452862976 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:11 AM – 8 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The same probability as Hillary Clinton getting the Clay Prize for a complete mathematical solution of the P-NP problem or Navier-Stokes Eqhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/tragure\/status\/861567498906456068 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:18 AM – 8 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “To succeed, you need 2 things: ignorance and confidence” & “To fail, you need 2 things:ignorance and confidence” Defines #SurvivorshipBiashttps:\/\/twitter.com\/howardshore\/status\/861544044886929409 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM – 8 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The BS-buster @DanielLMcAdams debunks @anneapplebaum who’s half way between an unintelligent wind-vendor & a dangerous warmonging shill.https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonPaulInstitut\/status\/861415665718218754 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:58 AM – 8 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nontraders & bureaucrats are under the illusion that if demand \u21931% price \u21931%. In fact demand \u21931% can cause (in squeezes) \u219350%! Kapish? Permalink<\/a> 4:38 AM – 8 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/471\/732\/427\/save-man-from-death-in-saudi-arabia-for-quotatheism-and-blasphemyquot\/?taf_id=36305784&cid=twitter <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:37 PM – 7 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How long before Saudi Barbaria undergoes a deep economic crisis, become literally bust? All it takes is demand for oil to drop by 5-12%. Permalink<\/a> 2:15 PM – 7 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr Shahbandar, Arab bullshit vendors w\/o scholarly credentials who shill for a living are ALSO fragile in their reputation. Kapish? Permalink<\/a> 2:02 PM – 7 May 2017<\/p>\n

@scrollinondubs thank u @nntaleb for all you do outing charlatans. you are a role model to us all via your service & sacrificeshttps:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-skin-of-others-in-your-game-3f51d8ccc3fb <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:13 PM – 7 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Those of us worried abt alliance between @realDonaldTrump & Saudi Barbaria hope that he is just playing them.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/861296116796579840 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:34 PM – 7 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In 1960s, Cyprus, Lebanon & Malta had similar wealth, genes & culture. Cyprus & Malta embraced the West. Lebanon tried “Arabism”. Disaster. Permalink<\/a> 4:57 AM – 7 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Clooney fears tweeting when drunk: actors are obsessed w\/reputation. Also fears not taking AlQaeds script in Syria. Romans despised actors.https:\/\/twitter.com\/SVPhillimore\/status\/860952142865203201 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:05 PM – 6 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb IYIs, Intellectuals Yet Idiots, favor things that work in theory but not in practice to things that work in practice but not in theory. Permalink<\/a> 9:24 AM – 6 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Something rings strange w\/the wage gap: someone has to be an imbecile to overpay for gender when corps profitability lies in the last penny. Permalink<\/a> 5:45 AM – 6 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Why people who deadlift \/clean-press should have a pseudo-belly for stability: thin waistline is obtained artificially via machines. pic.twitter.com\/H4VMLY9eyl<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:47 AM – 6 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I just published \u201cThe Skin of Others in your Game\u201dhttps:\/\/medium.com\/p\/the-skin-of-others-in-your-game-3f51d8ccc3fb <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:27 AM – 6 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mitanni were IndoEuropeans. Spec: + Mitanni were J2 + Assyrians and Phoenicians descend from Mitanni who took on Semitic lang. @PZalloua pic.twitter.com\/nTEv2toRUI<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 2:29 AM – 6 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb That’s Salibi’s bullshit. Looks like it was limited to Damascus. Permalink<\/a> 4:40 PM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb French history textbooks hype up Napoleon’s “Egyptology”, do not mention that he attempted to destroy ALL ruins of Granada. Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So either Ghassanids converted to Islam or they weren’t of J1 Haplogroup to start with. Permalink<\/a> 2:29 PM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Friends, there are claims that politicians on the “right” are much more personable & friendly to staff than those on “left”. Any data\/refs? Permalink<\/a> 2:12 PM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb DNA analyses hint that, contrary to legend, there are minimal numbers of Christians in thhe Levant who descend from Ghassanids. @PZallouahttps:\/\/twitter.com\/byzantinepower\/status\/860587555250728960 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:40 PM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nobody dare to discuss the male-female life expectance gap. Or the male-female prison population gap.https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/860547324216586240 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:34 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nobody is saying we shouldn’t learn about Napoleon. Except he should not be whitewashed. Kapish? Permalink<\/a> 9:14 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb There is very little that is Mediterranean about the “French” (north of Avignon), except, of course, their language.https:\/\/twitter.com\/panamaorange\/status\/860517319201742848 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:34 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Unconditional antifragility of information: it thrives from all visible attempts at suppression. Neofascists (libs, “left”) don’t get it. Permalink<\/a> 8:23 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@pauld1981 French are suckers for hierarchy, they believe what the establishment tells them … where’s the Coluche of this time? Permalink<\/a> 8:06 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Heuristic: for international transactions, AVOID forum in country w\/Napoleon’s code civil in favor of Anglo-style law. HK, SG, US… Kapish? Permalink<\/a> 6:16 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you can make the French believe that a despot, Napoleon,can strengthen the “Revolution” w\/an Imperial family, you can sell them anything! Permalink<\/a> 5:46 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I fail to understand why Napoleon doesn’t figure out among the criminally pathological nuts of history. Whitewashing by France?https:\/\/twitter.com\/britishmuseum\/status\/860468604587868164 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM – 5 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Aside from that, elections are NOT similar. Le Pen is not Trump, but a professional politician. Permalink<\/a> 4:05 PM – 4 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Hillaryhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/NinaByzantina\/status\/859492813968486401 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:53 AM – 3 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Haven’t read @BretStephensNYT’s article (I don’t read pseudointellectual NYT). What we said abt climate & precaution https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/ppArXiv2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/sZ00Nqu6pY”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/sZ00Nqu6pY Permalink<\/a> 9:14 AM – 3 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Cory Doctorow @doctorow has been actively & knowlingly misrepresenting & trying to spead fake news about my position on homeopathy. Permalink<\/a> 5:35 AM – 3 May 2017<\/p>\n

@BisayaFilms #TalebXPhilippines pic.twitter.com\/oyoMi7bqrZ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:47 AM – 3 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Explaining how to price elections and why Nate Silver is clueeeeeeeeeless about probability. @realHarryCranehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wA_3RwEIqzI <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:38 AM – 3 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Gitanos should be able to teach us a few things about flaneuring, survival, & soul in the music. Permalink<\/a> 5:23 PM – 2 May 2017<\/p>\n

@cedantarmatog1 Interesting article on @nntaleb at http:\/\/mises.org <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/mises.org\/blog\/what-nassim-taleb-can-teach-us <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:22 PM – 2 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Friends, looking for reliable accounts on Spanish gypsies, one that is not written by some English or Cultural Studies professor. Permalink<\/a> 9:30 AM – 2 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A government run by professionals is like a form or a trading house run by back office &support people. But firms go bust, govs expand. Permalink<\/a> 5:29 AM – 2 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Read @HRW reports abt Aleppo 2016; turned out almost all AlQaeda dictated fiction. They didn’t retract. We should believe them… now?https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/859343010244546560 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:56 AM – 2 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Just wrote the central comment of Skin in the Game: Systems learn by removing parts. pic.twitter.com\/YalzjWcJut<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:09 AM – 2 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Applied math.https:\/\/twitter.com\/stoicdaku\/status\/859085724125102080 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:41 PM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Don’t complain too loud about wrongs done to you; you may give ideas to your less imaginative enemies. The Bed of Procrustes Permalink<\/a> 12:27 PM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Burn old logs Drink old wine Read old books Keep old friends, Alphonso X, #LindyEffecthttps:\/\/twitter.com\/CaesarIpse\/status\/859124709987950592 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:22 PM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@MrAlexisPereira As @nntaleb once said, the reason why Trump is so comically bad at explaining things is that he’s never had a boss. Permalink<\/a> 9:46 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb #skininthegame Jihadi women find it easy to make pronouncements living in Brooklyn, under Western protective laws. Sarsour is despicable.https:\/\/twitter.com\/dontcarebut\/status\/824417602395070464 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:34 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Maimonides, Medical Aphorisms (Heuristics): the young can afford to overeat, the elder should watch his quantities. He found it in Galen. pic.twitter.com\/966sk527At<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:09 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It is vastly more honorable to get rich THEN go to office than go to office THEREFORE get rich. Permalink<\/a> 8:03 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@john_f_hamer @nntaleb pic.twitter.com\/KVyXnwNgoQ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:07 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Peace: Neither Ink nor Blood http:\/\/www.ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/featured-articles\/2017\/may\/01\/peace-neither-ink-nor-blood\/#.WQc9dUTaLO4.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:52 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@maui4321 “An honest public servant can’t become rich in politics.\u201d \u2014 Harry Truman Permalink<\/a> 5:40 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb These idiots don’t get that the pblm isn’t making money, it’s using NONPROFIT sector to SUBSEQUENTLY get rich (Blair, Clintons, Husseins O)https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterdaou\/status\/858068645964115970 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:44 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (cont) Which sums up to: “You, and only you, know what’s best for you.” Permalink<\/a> 4:06 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Also: Non v ‘e piu bel messo che se stesso On ne trouve jamais meilleur messager que soi-meme Pretty much the foundation of #Libertarianism Permalink<\/a> 4:00 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Motto of #SkinintheGame & Liberty “Your fingernail can best scratch your itch” Non scabat caput praeter unges tuo \u0645\u0627 \u0628\u062d\u0643\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0627 \u0638\u0641\u0631\u0643 in1614! pic.twitter.com\/p96k7jHiHi<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:49 AM – 1 May 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@nntaleb A Greek-Orthodox (me) will give a short lecture about reviving the language of the Maronites in …an Armenian place of worship in NY.https:\/\/twitter.com\/rwnicholson_\/status\/862487002398195712 \u00a0 Permalink 7:28 PM – 10 May 2017 @nntaleb Squid ink pic.twitter.com\/kOVTwQCQl5 Permalink 5:36 PM – 10 May 2017 @nntaleb It is easier to fool someone perceived as “intelligent” than a […]<\/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":[1461,1460,1459,1463,570,1465,1213,1462,1464],"class_list":["post-8639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-applebaum","tag-flynn","tag-maronites","tag-napoleon","tag-nate-silver","tag-sarsour","tag-saudi-barbaria","tag-shamri","tag-the-french"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639","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=8639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8640,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions\/8640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}