{"id":8677,"date":"2017-07-07T21:44:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T04:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=8677"},"modified":"2017-07-07T21:44:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T04:44:19","slug":"cnn-ad-hominem-scale-fareed-zakaria-miller-sugar-models-gmo-trolls-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/cnn-ad-hominem-scale-fareed-zakaria-miller-sugar-models-gmo-trolls-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN, Ad Hominem, Scale, Fareed Zakaria, Miller, Sugar, Models, GMO Trolls | Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just published \u201cWhy Each One Should Eat His Own Turtles (Revised )\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LF4asSykFM\">https:\/\/t.co\/LF4asSykFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881132191035555840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Starts around :55 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883452035340939265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:25 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I was wondering if someone knows the lyrics\/name of this. I saw the performers in Granada. The singer is Paya.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aSOZ9YKARg&amp;list=WL&amp;index=7 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aSOZ9YKARg&amp;list=WL&amp;index=7 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883451199776845824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:22 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb #BF Block on Friday: every person who follows CNN. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883408181086605312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:31 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Modernity: we go much, much better at explaining than understanding. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883402428632113152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:08 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Buy real estate they call overpriced Read books called overrated Invest in markets called &#8220;irrational&#8221; Do things you enjoy but can&#8217;t explain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883392227673743360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:28 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@normonics accords with my priors: individualism enables voluntary collectives (which are superior to involuntary collectives).<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveStuWill\/status\/883305042484248576 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveStuWill\/status\/883305042484248576 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/normonics\/status\/883381891273039872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:47 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@CutTheKnotMath A Not Quite Cyclic Inequality <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/arithmetic\/algebra\/NotQuiteCyclicInequality.shtml \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/arithmetic\/algebra\/NotQuiteCyclicInequality.shtml <\/a>\u00a0 #FigureThat #math #algebra #inequality<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/MLxgTxzno9&#8243;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/MLxgTxzno9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CutTheKnotMath\/status\/883329609508376576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:19 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb (cont) you can have a large distributor. Large producers usually fail. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883321266345836546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:46 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@normonics my take with application to a Monsanto shill<a href=\"http:\/\/jwnorman.com\/?page_id=237 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/jwnorman.com\/?page_id=237 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/normonics\/status\/883312057873043457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:09 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;Economies of scale&#8221; are not compatible with reduced survival in SP500, or extinction of large animals. Large is fragile. See #Antifragile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883309612602200064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:59 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Actually, ad hominem is NOT a logical fallacy is case of &#8220;opinion&#8221;. MDs= credentials. Courts require credentials before opinion.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlesmurray\/status\/883304333848215552 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlesmurray\/status\/883304333848215552 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883308987965476865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:57 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Even the counterample, BOEING, is a coordinator of hundreds of small suppliers &amp; 000s sub-suppliers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883290262096814081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:43 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb CNN never retracted the Aleppo stories that we now know are fake These BS vendors need a terminal lawsuit. story<a href=\"http:\/\/nyp.st\/2sklry1 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nyp.st\/2sklry1 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883285541869035523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:24 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Simply: Find A restaurant that has &gt;200 tables and serves good food A large winery that makes drinkable wine Same w\/farms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883280369369436160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:03 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Scale matters: small\/medium is beautiful, more stable &amp; genuinely more efficient long term. Large becomes top-down.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foeeurope\/status\/883259295990730752 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/foeeurope\/status\/883259295990730752 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883272874026520579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:33 AM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@pauld1981 FK-U muscles weight lifting allow you use in any conversation, see NNT discussion abt looking like a bodyguard<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EngageTheRebels\/status\/882617642556817409 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EngageTheRebels\/status\/882617642556817409 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/pauld1981\/status\/883094061883707392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:43 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Heuristics for an unhappy country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10155029966868375 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nntaleb\/posts\/10155029966868375 <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/Qr0Pqu21AN&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/Qr0Pqu21AN <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883081932225085440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:55 PM &#8211; 6 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb As we saw with the Gawker story, journalists fail to get the First Amendment. So with sub-intellects of CNN&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/primalpoly\/status\/883031709771603968 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/primalpoly\/status\/883031709771603968 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883034048431632385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:44 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Apologies, the con artist is @Charles_Lister, I tagged the wrong person. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/882994103721578497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:06 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Why does @Ehsani22 a v. successful, smart man who knows Syria, keeps fighting with shoddy, low-IQ, AlQaeda\/Qatar shills like @CharlesLister?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/882984305617760258 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/EHSANI22\/status\/882984305617760258 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/882987328930811904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:39 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@DrCirillo Why you should be careful when using the Gini index under fat tails. <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1707.01370.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1707.01370.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Joint with @nntaleb and A. Fontanari. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrCirillo\/status\/882891314211192832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:17 AM &#8211; 6 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;All models are wrong, many are useful, some are deadly.&#8221; [SITG]<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataSciFact\/status\/882664195652820992 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataSciFact\/status\/882664195652820992 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/882665721716781056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:21 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A @CutTheKnotMath problem solved by cheating via computational mathematics. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/yafwobxq7nkl32i\/bogojuly5.tex?dl=0 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/yafwobxq7nkl32i\/bogojuly5.tex?dl=0 <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/qJ7V9sPVvo&#8221;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/qJ7V9sPVvo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/882644601424801792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:57 AM &#8211; 5 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@wgryan I&#8217;d gladly give you the code, but watching @nntaleb bat people around like a cat with a rubber mouse is too fun. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wgryan\/status\/882456507807395842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:30 PM &#8211; 4 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Free-markets: a mechanism by which the strong continuously &amp; unrelentlessly preys on the strong.<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/inequality-and-skin-in-the-game-d8f00bc0cb46 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/882262740072628224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:40 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb GINI paper with @DrCirillo<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/VdlxCjCCrT\"> pic.twitter.com\/VdlxCjCCrT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/882254039513280512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:05 AM &#8211; 4 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Here is who Henry I Miller is:<a href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/hall-of-shame\/why-you-cant-trust-henry-miller-on-gmos\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/usrtk.org\/hall-of-shame\/why-you-cant-trust-henry-miller-on-gmos\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881990962028957696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:40 PM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb &#8220;If powerful assholes don&#8217;t find you arrogant, you are doing something wrong.&#8221; (B. of Proc.) (Henry Miller is a shill for Monsanto &amp; oth.)<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/GT4tEpJzUb\"> pic.twitter.com\/GT4tEpJzUb<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881989150899044352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:32 PM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@_aleferres @nntaleb antique roman concrete is a great example of antifragility and lindy effect<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/seawater-is-the-secret-to-long-lasting-roman-concrete-1.22231 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/seawater-is-the-secret-to-long-lasting-roman-concrete-1.22231 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_aleferres\/status\/881981217721266176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:01 PM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb techne vs episteme<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMetaldog\/status\/881901916929773573 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMetaldog\/status\/881901916929773573 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881903632295264257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:53 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb And there is conflation between eating &#8220;too much&#8221; meat and &#8220;too often&#8221; (i.e. lack of fasting). <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/RWRI%205\/medicine.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/RWRI%205\/medicine.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881895826544525312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:22 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I block fools at the first such remark as &#8220;excuse to disenfranchise &amp; persecute ppl&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881884450874896384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:36 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb So the problem could be nitrate, not meat. Kapish? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881881974398480384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:27 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If we&#8217;ve been eating animals for &gt; 300 million years &amp; some &#8220;study&#8221; says it&#8217;s &#8220;unhealthy&#8221;, odds study is wrong\/misspecified. #LindyEffect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881879694148345856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:17 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Rather, We\u2019re eating too much sugar and it\u2019s making us sick<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/careygillam\/status\/881863793571229697 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/careygillam\/status\/881863793571229697 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881868934726680576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:35 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@Protect_Wldlife What senseless waste. Why would you kill such a gentle creature? For &#8216;sport&#8217;?!? Please RT if you want a global ban on ALL trophy hunting.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/kdFUNjentf\"> pic.twitter.com\/kdFUNjentf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Protect_Wldlife\/status\/881834360827240448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:17 AM &#8211; 3 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A marker for a charlatan: someone who uses arguments type&#8221;this is the best model we have&#8221;. Skin in the game pple use ONLY reliable models. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881672541785526272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:34 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A marker for a charlatan: someone who uses arguments type&#8221;this is the best model we have&#8221;. Skin in the game pple use ONLY reliable models. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881672541785526272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:34 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb All models are wrong. Some are lethal.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2qaz1wsx\/status\/881620673596186624 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/2qaz1wsx\/status\/881620673596186624 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881623034364399617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:18 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Do you use the map of Tokyo in Rome? Or better nothing? Why is it that people don&#8217;t get that nothing beats BS. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881619649703686149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:04 PM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Gawker&#8217;s predatorial voyeurism (&gt;20yo college girls) has NOTHING to do w\/free-speech Tort laws protect citizens Journos are self-serving.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nobodyspeakfilm\/status\/878231698470719489 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nobodyspeakfilm\/status\/878231698470719489 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881578333456265217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:20 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb To the freq. question, &#8220;which book to learn probability?&#8221; DO NOT start w\/books. Do zillions of Monte Carlo, play &amp; play until you get it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881524997726109697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:48 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Where I explain why if some psychology results is not BS, your grandmother already knows about it<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/an-expert-called-lindy-fdb30f146eaf <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881516361733861377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:14 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Socialscience trying to look like science is like an aged man w\/dyed hair &amp; excessive facial surgery; ends up looking both v. old &amp; v. fake. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881515001663639552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:08 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The core of the problem: 1) social scientists want to &#8220;learn statistics&#8221; w\/o understanding probability. 2) social science is NOT science.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yzilber\/status\/881404277612101632 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/yzilber\/status\/881404277612101632 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881500380479279104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:10 AM &#8211; 2 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb A sign of development for a country is in the lack of prestige for government officials. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881308166868393984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:26 PM &#8211; 1 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The Roman army did not employ slaves (except during one Punic war). Only the free can fight. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881254285098536960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:52 PM &#8211; 1 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Marion Nestle @marionnestle needs to have Ukrainian hacker friends who block the low-IQ Monsanto trolls.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/food\/my-blog-no-longer-accepts-comments-thanks-gmo-trolls#.WVgJPGlbW8E.twitter \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/food\/my-blog-no-longer-accepts-comments-thanks-gmo-trolls#.WVgJPGlbW8E.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881252124444774401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:44 PM &#8211; 1 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@NonMeek .@nntaleb Found an old gem from rereading #FooledByRandomness. Great, great book indeed.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/pUe8XiBaKM\"> pic.twitter.com\/pUe8XiBaKM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/NonMeek\/status\/881194567181250560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 9:55 AM &#8211; 1 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The problem with psychology &amp; other BS sciences: they are highly convincing, but only temporarily so. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881153187201384448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:11 AM &#8211; 1 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb I just published \u201cWhy Each One Should Eat His Own Turtles (Revised )\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/why-each-one-should-eat-his-own-turtles-revised-8a4be2f11e61 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medium.com\/p\/why-each-one-should-eat-his-own-turtles-revised-8a4be2f11e61 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/881132191035555840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:47 AM &#8211; 1 Jul 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb 2) It is hard to define &#8220;fairness&#8221;, &#8220;justice&#8221; &amp; other terms by SJW; never hard to define freedom. Libertarians put liberty over all else. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880853898319233024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:21 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Liberty prevails over other concerns s.a. &#8220;fairness&#8221;, &#8220;democracy&#8221;: It is analytically &amp; legally much more robust.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.org\/aspen-journal-of-ideas\/eight-misconceptions-free-speech-campus\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.org\/aspen-journal-of-ideas\/eight-misconceptions-free-speech-campus\/ <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880853249728937984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:19 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb BTW here is the main distinction between AntiFragility &amp; Robustness <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/finaltalebdouady%20QUANTITATIVE%20FINANCE.pdf.pdf \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/finaltalebdouady%20QUANTITATIVE%20FINANCE.pdf.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880850261513830400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:07 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Cans someone educate that idiot?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NielsPflaeging\/status\/880805101518106625 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NielsPflaeging\/status\/880805101518106625 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880840728166969345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 10:29 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Western Syria: mostly J2 haplogroup, w\/some R1b from Neolithic settlements. Eastern Syria: mostly J1. Just a comment.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBassem7\/status\/880431308010213377 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBassem7\/status\/880431308010213377 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880806476461297668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:13 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Solution, a bit of work. <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/bogomolnyJune302017.tex \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/bogomolnyJune302017.tex <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"&lt;a href=\"> &#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/toMUSQwF25&#8243;&gt; <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/toMUSQwF25 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880754547291017218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 4:47 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@gazmills14 @mrjamesob Mr @nntaleb has an excellent solution to ensure corners are not cut &amp; risky practices are not hidden &#8211; apply skin in the game<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/V8Fwg8KHC0\"> pic.twitter.com\/V8Fwg8KHC0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/gazmills14\/status\/880728165248905216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:02 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Riemann Surfaces, sort of. Below is the Abr. &amp; Stig. now used for 50 years!<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/vDJoDNrAv8\"> pic.twitter.com\/vDJoDNrAv8<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880726500756115456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:55 AM &#8211; 30 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Not enough. As we saw with Gawker, they can increase ratings by predation over individuals. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880505924368117761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:19 PM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb It&#8217;s a bad idea to NOT sue CNN, @Scaramucci. Unless CNN has skin in the game, they will continue harming citizens. <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/340005-scaramucci-reports-on-threats-of-legal-action-against-cnn-overblown#.WVVRfmY5ALk.twitter \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/340005-scaramucci-reports-on-threats-of-legal-action-against-cnn-overblown#.WVVRfmY5ALk.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880505074279165952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 12:15 PM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Usually, if I insult someone, it is that 1) I have written him off as a bullshitter (Pinker), 2) I find him dangerous somewhere&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880499580437225473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:53 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Regulation vs Legal Systems<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/6LH7wbdS30\"> pic.twitter.com\/6LH7wbdS30<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880499288866000898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:52 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb You remember the insults you received far more than those you gave. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880489396977500160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 11:13 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb MSM media is pro-AlQaeda.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Souria4Syrians\/status\/880133359086776320 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Souria4Syrians\/status\/880133359086776320 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880441245021163520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:02 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb QUIZ duJour: Find 2 variables X and Y with 0 correlation, yet are 100% &#8220;dependent&#8221;,( if you know what a realization of X, you guess Y.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880414063888654337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:14 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb The map misses J2 in Italy (South, Estrusca) &#8220;una una faccia una razza&#8221;, Corsica, &amp; Western Spain, &amp; R1a in Anatolia\/Levant. @fadyasly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880410716888588288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 6:00 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Simplifies everything.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fadyasly\/status\/880399623843663879 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/fadyasly\/status\/880399623843663879 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880405327639965696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 5:39 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb If you were Greek in 1901, the place to be would have been Alexandria, Constantinople, Smyrna,.., perhaps Beirut. Not Athens. Nation States!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCavafy\/status\/880332402165501958 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCavafy\/status\/880332402165501958 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880339944232939520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:19 AM &#8211; 29 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@EvaKerner .@CBinsights asking @nntaleb of #blackswans his take on cryptocurrencies: alternative currencies not signed by Larry Summers is paramount.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/8UsGfDniG9\"> pic.twitter.com\/8UsGfDniG9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EvaKerner\/status\/880173697717473280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:18 PM &#8211; 28 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@hazelmulhare &#8216;we are not made for comfort&#8217; Wow. @nntaleb unbelievably excellent talk on &#8216;anti fragile&#8217; at #futurefintech<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/iT54IdfyQY\"> pic.twitter.com\/iT54IdfyQY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hazelmulhare\/status\/880172666031935488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:14 PM &#8211; 28 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Getting<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lcdavis1225\/status\/880150871241367552 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/lcdavis1225\/status\/880150871241367552 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/880154616364752896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 1:03 PM &#8211; 28 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@investingidiocy To recap: Rule #1: We don&#8217;t talk about Fight Club Rule #2: &#8230;. or The Wolf of Wall Street And Rule #3: We don&#8217;t troll @nntaleb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/investingidiocy\/status\/879989793043697664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 2:08 AM &#8211; 28 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@vxschmid @nntaleb says this is when the ketchup blasts out of the bottle #igwt17 @RonStoeferle<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/mp0NJUgVFj\"> pic.twitter.com\/mp0NJUgVFj<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/vxschmid\/status\/879722243911188480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 8:25 AM &#8211; 27 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Self assessment. Like economics.<a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/WD1W9WKVpf\"> pic.twitter.com\/WD1W9WKVpf<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/879711043328585729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 7:40 AM &#8211; 27 Jun 2017<\/p>\n<p>@nntaleb Is fragile what wants minimum variation around the average. Definition.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaipresto\/status\/879603544986353665 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaipresto\/status\/879603544986353665 <\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/879641877594746880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permalink<\/a> 3:05 AM &#8211; 27 Jun 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just published \u201cWhy Each One Should Eat His Own Turtles (Revised )\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/LF4asSykFM &mdash; Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) July 1, 2017 @nntaleb Starts around :55 Permalink 3:25 PM &#8211; 7 Jul 2017 @nntaleb I was wondering if someone knows the lyrics\/name of this. I saw the performers in Granada. The singer is Paya.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aSOZ9YKARg&amp;list=WL&amp;index=7 \u00a0 [&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":[156,1443,1489,1493,1490,1492,1488,1491],"class_list":["post-8677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-ad-hominem","tag-cnn","tag-fareed-zakaria","tag-gmo-trolls","tag-miller","tag-models","tag-scale","tag-sugar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8677","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=8677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8678,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8677\/revisions\/8678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}