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@nntaleb Is it possible to find anyone in the State Department w\/ minimal reasoning abilities, in other words not brain dead?https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaArabii\/status\/869691250261315584 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:15 PM – 1 Jun 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Sleep deprivation leads to random sign inversions! Found even sharper bounds Yan et al (2014, 2017) https:\/\/journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13660-017-1372-5 <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/eqBMmKr0jM”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/eqBMmKr0jM Permalink<\/a> 7:29 AM – 1 Jun 2017<\/p>\n

@garyruskin The #MonsantoPapers on the front page of @LeMondefr in France. http:\/\/lemde.fr\/2rtEAAK <\/a>\u00a0 http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mJSyvq <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/HVjYof76bE”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/HVjYof76bE Permalink<\/a> 7:04 AM – 1 Jun 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Jumping from 15th floor is just the same thing as taking the stairs, “just a bit quicker”? GMOs NOT same category as progressive tinkering Permalink<\/a> 4:46 AM – 1 Jun 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Note that there has be NO Risk study for GMOs, NOT ONE. All Monsanto did instead was smear critics via shills. http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:57 AM – 1 Jun 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Genetics work for populations given linearity of descent (haplo) But saying which genes => diseases\/traits, NONONO.https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/where-you-cannot-generalize-from-knowledge-of-parts-continuation-to-the-minority-rule-ce96ca3c5739 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:24 PM – 31 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Dietwald Clauss is hired by a PR firm to counter every comment on GMOs, demonize skeptics. He tried to infiltrate a picnic. Just Block. Permalink<\/a> 12:10 PM – 31 May 2017<\/p>\n

@NonMeek .@nntaleb The 2. and final strip on the topic of “misattributed causality” … still inspired by #Antifragile & #FooledByRandomness pic.twitter.com\/VCDhkdISqG<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:37 AM – 31 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No pic.twitter.com\/iW2tUeKPH5<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:41 AM – 31 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb …and if you don’t take risks there is absolutely nothing that can make you big.https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaviStarLegal\/status\/869861523837026305 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:26 AM – 31 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This solves the puzzle: French connection isn’t from crusaders (cross-entropy mito<haplo) but Neolithic\/Bronze Age Eurasian migration pic.twitter.com\/atrlLCdEoQ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:25 AM – 31 May 2017<\/p>\n

@M_Gauche Ummm, has @nntaleb seen this article yet? Figure he’d have done a victory lap by now:https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/5\/30\/15713536\/ancient-egyptian-mummies-dna-genome-sequencing-near-east <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:13 PM – 30 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Q: Why is differential entropy not used in genetic distance when it is the most natural way, as DNA IS Information? https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cross_entropy <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:56 AM – 30 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Also it looks like the Levant was settled with Northerners before Akkadian invasion (few men), hence diff mito-haplo, even for Muslims. Permalink<\/a> 8:45 AM – 30 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The French link is from the Crusades. As to Cyprus, it is closer on the Y chromosomes. Permalink<\/a> 7:56 AM – 30 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb We need Iran and Turkey Permalink<\/a> 7:25 AM – 30 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Genetic distance for Lebanese using differential entropy on mitocondrial DNA using @PZalloua ‘s data. GoodPlaneride pic.twitter.com\/4VCeTxksos<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:23 AM – 30 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It doesn’t mean that these at the top have 50% of the wealth (about 100 million for 50%) but that they have more than the bottom 50% Permalink<\/a> 10:20 AM – 29 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Found something interesting attributed to drawdowns, from the works of @financequant Robert Frey modelled PTV & found no change historically pic.twitter.com\/1Bp5uqGiiN<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:09 AM – 29 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Heading straight from airport so might be jetlagged. follow up tp https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1609.02369.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 making the tails even worse. Permalink<\/a> 6:57 AM – 29 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My BBQ minitalk tom. in NY (frm plane) on why it is error to use historical returns w\/o extrapolating beyond maxima e.g.@WGoetzmann et al. pic.twitter.com\/wLMndmzzux<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:51 AM – 29 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder v\/s Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives @TimHarford (w\/o attribution) Permalink<\/a> 12:54 AM – 29 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They show concentration of of wealth among a few: as if these TOOK away from others rather than ADDED to the pot Wealth \u2260 Rent Seeking !https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazingmap\/status\/844508707849302016 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:11 PM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Does Boulder have a resort\/vacation feel to it? Permalink<\/a> 10:57 PM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Saddest thing abt the Weinstein affair: he has to specify that he is “on the left”, as if it were a requirement to express an opinion. Permalink<\/a> 10:46 PM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Most “humanities” profs have minimal erudition; they spent their time studying THEORIES made by other profs. Universities killed humanities Permalink<\/a> 2:09 PM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “Study the classics” and “study the classics under academics” selected via “papers” are two different things. Permalink<\/a> 12:02 PM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Most humanities as taught in colleges are BS. My only academic association is with an engineering school. Permalink<\/a> 12:00 PM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The university system is on its way to go bust. It will regroup as separate technical schools devoid of “gender” & other BS studies.https:\/\/twitter.com\/primalpoly\/status\/868894401229094912 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:39 AM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@IndiTrades Examples of misattribution of discoveries\/developments &\/or cornering of credit by “Intellectuals” via @normonics @nntaleb pic.twitter.com\/PXV9coVkey<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:38 AM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A quantitative comparison of spread of BS vs. NonBS Tweets by the same person.https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankLuntz\/status\/868596817251803138 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:22 AM – 28 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The UK would have been a better place with Steve running 10 Downing St.https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevehiltonx\/status\/868541930639982593 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:32 PM – 27 May 2017<\/p>\n

@NonMeek .@nntaleb “Mistaking the merely associative with the causal.” another great lesson from #Antifragile and #FooledByRandomness pic.twitter.com\/XG4kpQJQ4b<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:58 AM – 27 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Friends, a question. What’s the most representative vacation place in Colorado for hiking\/flaneuring\/eating? Permalink<\/a> 6:31 AM – 27 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I just published \u201cThe Merchandising of Virtue\u201dhttps:\/\/medium.com\/p\/the-merchandising-of-virtue-b548762658f0 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:19 AM – 27 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally, thanks, the new Intro for a few hours. Only info needed is “smoothness” for many ideas to squeeze in it. https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/SkinExcerpts.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:55 PM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb See Yaneer @yaneerbaryam work: better fences make better neighbors. Permalink<\/a> 6:14 PM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb When @Nigel_Farage told EuroMPs: “None of you had a proper job”, they didn’t get it. To get it, you need to have to make a P\/L, not a salary Permalink<\/a> 4:30 PM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The only solution for the Copts is a self-governing enclave. Other Egyptians call that “sectarian”. F*** them. Mabi\u1e23ikkak illa \u1e0bufrak,https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxAbrahms\/status\/868234076037238789 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb With @sez_dss in a pastry store in Amioun. Owner told us that I looked like the Black Swan author who lives in America. “Maybe a little bit” Permalink<\/a> 5:51 AM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “Never give weapons to a fool. You may harm him and harm others.” Permalink<\/a> 2:33 AM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Essele\u1e23 bi’id el\u1e31ara byijra\u1e23 (about arm sales) Permalink<\/a> 2:32 AM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb …rather “because” ‘body slamming’ journalisthttps:\/\/twitter.com\/anon_eu\/status\/867995624225910784 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:32 AM – 26 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The gist: If you have the courage to put your intellectual integrity before your reputation, nothing can break you.https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/commencement-address-american-university-in-beirut-2016-a5c6d57984b <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:14 PM – 25 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you want to make your children feel better, much better after losing a game of chess, show them Kasparov’s geopolitical tweets.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kasparov63\/status\/867822092762402816 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:40 PM – 25 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Interventionistas: Nothing worse than dogs playing wolves pic.twitter.com\/NvuKTtqdkO<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:58 AM – 25 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb There is nothing more bewildering than dogs claiming to be wolves. pic.twitter.com\/gzEtnyqpxi<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:32 AM – 25 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Thanks for the comments: I smoothed out the Prologue. Reposting for 3-4 hours. Ignore typos: interest is smoothness. https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/SITG-Excerpts2.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:40 AM – 25 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I’ve spent most of my life explaining\/proving that Eastern Med != Middle East. Near East perhaps. Trump is right from intuition.https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/866757128501035008 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:23 PM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So he defines “elderly” as a category that is old, but not… old? Find a person between 2 thresholds: old but not old, poor but not poor. Permalink<\/a> 6:01 PM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A “poor” “elderly” person has Medicaid & Medicare, for which we pay > 1.2 Trillion. If this fellow fooling himself?https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveRattner\/status\/867515245836857345 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:55 PM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In Lebanon, everyone I meet is thrilled abt @realDonaldTrump “stripping” the Saudis & asking me “why didn’t he make a stop in Qatar”? Permalink<\/a> 5:39 PM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Can someone answer his question? Eventually when you support Al Qaeda in Syria, it will come back to visit you in Manchester & … Foolshttps:\/\/twitter.com\/ShehabiFares\/status\/867434742458839041 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:24 PM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@EricRWeinstein SJWs targeting my brother Prof. @BretWeinstein pulled 1 video of their bullying as it went viral. So here’s another: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blakub\/videos\/10212714974211358\/ <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricRWeinstein\/status\/867432790588923905 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:39 PM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@bostoncakepan In “Antifragile,” @nntaleb shows that, empirically, university research is a terrible investment. Tinkerers discover things, not researchershttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JunkScience\/status\/867378576030650373 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:59 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Note 1: What I am bring: languages follow a minority rule, genes a majority rule. (Linguists dont’ get it.)https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:04 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 6 Maronites are indigenous of Mount Leb, religion migrated not pple (investigating oth groups) 7 Languages travel independent of genes Permalink<\/a> 5:59 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 4 Arabs did not settle in the coastal Levant 5 Data shows distinction between Canaanites & Hebrews, doesn’t contradict Biblical claims Permalink<\/a> 5:53 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1 Phoenicians aren’t the “pple of the sea” 2 North Levant genetics heavily Greco-Iranian 3 Myth of Europa backed by Levant-Greek migrations Permalink<\/a> 5:44 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Science gives us a real map of roots, better than BS laden history (Salibi) or the fake-science called linguistics. 7 Myths abt Levant Permalink<\/a> 5:40 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Zalloua has 12K DNA samples, largest DB for Phoenicia. He just hired me as his data scientist for the Levant Project (unaware of my temper). pic.twitter.com\/9pG7C5FpUV<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:34 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb BTW Fooled by Randomness was self-edited. Permalink<\/a> 5:19 AM – 24 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Don’t tell my publisher. I am posting the first 50 pages of SITG for 3-4 hours, for comment on readability\/clarity. https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/introSITG.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:44 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you want more evidence that finance academics still don’t know that they are unfit.https:\/\/twitter.com\/gkaram\/status\/867183614034890753 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:02 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb An academic, even like Bernanke, lecturing about markets is like an assistant nail salon technician lecturing on brain surgery.https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/867179616724807680 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:51 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The argument for federalism pic.twitter.com\/8AkBClYZAi<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:40 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Dershowitz is a liberal who thinks; immune ag the Trump Logical Hallucination Syndrome. http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/2017\/05\/20\/alan-dershowitz-pulverizes-liberal-anti-trump-russia-theories-and-nearly-leaves-carlson-speechless\/ <\/a>\u00a0 via @chrisenloe @theblaze Permalink<\/a> 5:15 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@EHSANI22 3-Law & Order has returned. Government services are back. #Aleppo residents now joke that the place looks like Switzerland in comparison Permalink<\/a> 4:17 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Evidence from Koura shows that genes of Christians are Greco-Anatolian. More TK Also Phoenicians & Assyrians were not “Semitic” by DNA, pic.twitter.com\/4C6NL4vvLq<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:10 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Here is the derivation for a,b,c>1, thanks to a plane ride to Northern Phoenicia pic.twitter.com\/edB6S67N5G<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:23 PM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@GuruAnaerobic Suicide bombers: “Putting the skin on terrorists” from 6th May. @nntaleb @TRobinsonNewErahttps:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-skin-of-others-in-your-game-3f51d8ccc3fb <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:44 AM – 23 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Hopefully it will help convince the administration it’s not Putin-Assad-Iran-Catherine the Great but Wahhabi grown stuff. Permalink<\/a> 4:36 PM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You can bet it’s not the Iranians just accused of suporting “terrorism”, but grown in some Saudi sponsored madrassah.https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/866796747045179393 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:28 PM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb No no no no nohttps:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/where-you-cannot-generalize-from-knowledge-of-parts-continuation-to-the-minority-rule-ce96ca3c5739?source=linkShare-f138bf5466fe-1495482249 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:44 PM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb On my way to Northern Phoenicia to work on final draft of #SkinInTheGame Planted ~300 olive trees. pic.twitter.com\/UxS2RmlNAJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:56 AM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Maltese has been successful in separating from Arabic. https:\/\/mt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lingwa_Maltija <\/a>\u00a0 Fawwato filmet franjieh xa li\u0121ton w bye7ko mitl ma byektbo Permalink<\/a> 6:27 AM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb La’anno fi kilmet bil \u1e6b w bil \u017c w bil \u1e0b ma bitbayyin maxkun bi tari’tkun. Bass nazzel el font w bitcuf cu ahyan Permalink<\/a> 6:22 AM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Isocrates’ Dynamic #SkinInTheGame Conduct yourself toward your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves toward you Permalink<\/a> 6:19 AM – 22 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb xam jarreb estaxmel hayda la’ktub li\u0121itna xa tari’ LLL (cuf ‘llink ta\u1e23t wl fonts) Fi ‘lwa\u1e23ad ye’ra ce\u0121le hayk? http:\/\/www.lebaneselanguage.org\/lll-system\/lebanese-latin-letters\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:38 PM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@RonPaul Many thanks to @zerohedge for picking up our Liberty Report interview with @nntaleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb: http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-05-21\/taleb-state-department-interventionistas-face-zero-risk-their-bad-decisions <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/HrxAsh9hCz”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/HrxAsh9hCz Permalink<\/a> 3:48 PM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb By the same fake-generalization, BS vendors try to portray the public as being “anti-expert” instead of being anti BS vendors. Permalink<\/a> 3:04 PM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Where the pseudo left prove that: they hate Trump more than they love Saudi Arabia. (Revelation of preferences)https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenRoth\/status\/866001274700955649 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:56 PM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb As I just said:https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenRoth\/status\/866001274700955649 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:17 PM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Every time I bust a BS vendor his reaction is that I call “everyone else” an idiot. No, sorry Mr Nichols: BS vendor is BS vendor.https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioFreeTom\/status\/866355195168555008 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:39 AM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@JohnMinehan1 Now, Let us re-tweet “Ceterum censeo Wahabistanem esse delendam.”https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/866299308014010368 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:59 AM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb But the main accomplishment of @realDonaldTrump’s trip is to rally his detractors against Saudi Barbaria. Now recite: “Delenda Wahabistan”. Permalink<\/a> 7:27 AM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Citing @davidgraeber on how Goldman Sachs is communist from within pic.twitter.com\/9oflQxZwao<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:48 AM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Expain to me why I shd read an “expert analysis” on “WHY TRUMP WON” by pple who thought it was impossible. #2ndOrder http:\/\/resources.hoover.org\/why-trump-won\/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=look1&utm_campaign=whytrumpwon <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:03 AM – 21 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The Saudis make @realDonaldTrump feel he is a king, while Washington & West make him feel he doesn’t belong. He now owes them something. Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 20 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb What @realDonaldTrump is doing: sucking in the last $100 billion before the bankruptcy of SaudiBarbaria. If anything, cruel to the Saudis.https:\/\/twitter.com\/OAmKorAr\/status\/865974737910079488 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:21 AM – 20 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Interesting reading by Mercier and Sperber. “Smart”, i.e. SocietHarvardified pple are just better at explaining their hallucinations. pic.twitter.com\/5JUYHvtjeY<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:16 AM – 20 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Cherrypicked analogies as hallucination aid. I wrote an entire book, Fooled by Randomness, 2001, on seeing mosques in the clouds.https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeschlossDC\/status\/865660847670018048 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:39 AM – 20 May 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I find puzzling that one needs to run & pay for, a study to figure out that journos become journos BECAUSE they have severe deficits.https:\/\/twitter.com\/MDiPaolaMD\/status\/865728365617197056 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:45 PM – 19 May 2017<\/p>\n

@Cernovich They are gonna hate you anyway, @realDonaldTrump. Now is the time for boldness. Pardon Julian Assange \/ @wikileaks. #PardonJulian Permalink<\/a> 2:28 PM – 19 May 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@nntaleb Is it possible to find anyone in the State Department w\/ minimal reasoning abilities, in other words not brain dead?https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaArabii\/status\/869691250261315584 \u00a0 Permalink 3:15 PM – 1 Jun 2017 @nntaleb Sleep deprivation leads to random sign inversions! Found even sharper bounds Yan et al (2014, 2017) https:\/\/journalofinequalitiesandapplications.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13660-017-1372-5 \u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/eqBMmKr0jM”> \u00a0pic.twitter.com\/eqBMmKr0jM Permalink 7:29 AM – […]<\/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":[1472,1473,1471,791,1476,1273,1475,1474,1477,468,1200],"class_list":["post-8651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-boulder","tag-copts","tag-genetics","tag-gmos","tag-journos","tag-las-vegas","tag-levant-project","tag-manchester","tag-revenge","tag-ron-paul","tag-wolfram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8651","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=8651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8652,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8651\/revisions\/8652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}