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@nntaleb One of the “failures” sold a company for billions. There exists no business in which people can be as clueless as journos, yet survive. Permalink<\/a> 1:47 PM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@CutTheKnotMath A tragedy. Could not just “like” ithttps:\/\/twitter.com\/republicofmath\/status\/886261006007242752 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:49 PM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@theenviousleft 97% of media professionals donated to Clinton. Learn about skin in the game and stop lying you obfuscating dunce. @nntaleb Permalink<\/a> 10:18 AM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Bullshitters like you, indeed. Permalink<\/a> 9:24 AM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is Sophistry 101 by a BSTimes journo. Typical BSTimes. We are talking abt threat to the West, not threat to Russia. (fake use of SITG)https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennThrush\/status\/886251135144800257 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:18 AM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@CutTheKnotMath Cyclic Inequality In Three Variables with Constraints http:\/\/www.cut-the-knot.org\/m\/Algebra\/SimplifiedSitaru2.shtml <\/a>\u00a0 #FigureThat #math #algebra #inequality ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/gpaRsyYypU”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/gpaRsyYypU Permalink<\/a> 6:48 AM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) Cont Election Paper pic.twitter.com\/TFVgDvBA3S<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:48 AM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) Submitted this version of the Election paper to a journal. pic.twitter.com\/EGHkyIZe0F<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:47 AM – 15 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Three hours.https:\/\/twitter.com\/StoolPoop\/status\/885986219405918208 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:20 PM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb BSTimes journo looks at failed AynRanders. He didn’t realize they WERE already successful. No cohort comparison.https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2vgJeR5 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:14 PM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Skin in the Game.https:\/\/twitter.com\/catoletters\/status\/885948326163689472 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:00 PM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So we now can quantify by how much books on “RISK” using “empiricism” like Fischhoff’s & oth. nonrisktaking academics are clueless. pic.twitter.com\/A0Q4vNP9NY<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:32 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally found a closed-form for by how much we underestimate the true extreme using a “empirical distribution” (Reason: rainy Friday in NY.) pic.twitter.com\/GxShlFKTuV<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:16 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@ebruenner just concluded v. long twitter debate w\/ pro gmo. 100% arguments based on: -credentialism -unquestionable NECESSITY of novel foods Permalink<\/a> 11:08 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@MastaKace Haplogroup J2 is generally associated with the Romans, it’s also found in high frequencies in area around Dardanelles & Constantinople (1) pic.twitter.com\/uMo0iGUCSL<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:58 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@NonMeek .@nntaleb Another attempt at the Alan Blinder Problem with your helpful ideas hopefully I\u2019m getting it right this time. #rentseeking pic.twitter.com\/WhvHtCj71B<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:44 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb There is NO EVIDENCE whatsoever abt safety of GMOs. Not ONE risk study. Nor does hiding stuff abt Glyphosate help much Keep trying Monsanto! pic.twitter.com\/aVWv2rfqa9<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:01 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Charlatan invoke such things as “potential to feed pple” in place of PROOF it won’t cause disaster for same pple. http:\/\/www.fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/potatodoctor\/status\/885814957211832322 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:52 AM – 14 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@fortierfinance NNT thread one of few places throughout my day I can reliably find justice being authentically served-world seems bit more sane as a result Permalink<\/a> 11:59 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb IYI Steil, don’t flatter yourself, I am not messing with you bec I am angry; I just take immense pleasure in busting BS vendors. Kapish? Permalink<\/a> 11:55 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb As I said, media commentators & former Gawker journalists seem have a contagious overpowering concern with… substance.https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamWeinstein\/status\/885567669273059328 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:39 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb By definition IYIs (Intellectuals Yet Idiots) provide responses that are independent of the question. Permalink<\/a> 11:34 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Do you have a remark that’s not some asinine platitudinous reply lifted from “Response Manual for low IQ Thinkers for All Circumstances?” Permalink<\/a> 11:31 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Petty, obsessive, substance-free criticism of Trump by petit-intellectuals (IYIs) has been fueling him, & destroying “intellectualism”.https:\/\/twitter.com\/BennSteil\/status\/885562728282304512 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:22 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb NonFiction bestsellers are NOT correlated w\/MSM: Books against bloated gov, Milo, Gingrich, etc. People vote with their wallet. MSM is dead.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cernovich\/status\/885504822643834883 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:34 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Proved that the so-called “Empirical Distribution” is not empirical, the “robust” is not robust. This is a scratchpad pic.twitter.com\/TZBDsvEaKW<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:28 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The daily quizzes by maestro @CutTheKnotMath are like finding a parking spot in NYC: Never easy, never impossible.https:\/\/twitter.com\/cuttheknotmath\/status\/884853542451892224 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:18 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@GuruAnaerobic A fat-tailed process can masquerade as a thin-tailed one bt not the reverse @nntaleb If more experts knew this they wouldn’t talk so much BS Permalink<\/a> 7:13 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It isn’t natural to know when your vacation\/week end terminates. Modern life creates Sunday night blues. Flaneuring removes such a specter Permalink<\/a> 4:31 AM – 13 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@eldivyn In every undertaking, the more humans try to be demi-gods, the more they become half-monsters.\u201d- @nntaleb Permalink<\/a> 1:46 PM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb To paraphrase Feynman, math like s*x, is something you do for the fun, with potential side effects. Permalink<\/a> 10:28 AM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb But @TamarHaspel is a Monsanto shill! Permalink<\/a> 9:58 AM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Applied math is math + skin in the game.https:\/\/twitter.com\/johndcook\/status\/885164373743980545 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:59 AM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@DanielLMcAdams More photos the MSM is desperate to hide…can’t let middle America know the truth about Syria…https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahouraxo\/status\/884443152278532103 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:10 AM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Free markets eventually lead to free speech. Censorship by social media not compatible w\/ free enterprise! Markets => Ideas, not reverse.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Imamofpeace\/status\/885111752098070530 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:23 AM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Anyone who listens to an economist has some incurable condition. As to economists…https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_Heaver\/status\/885059554869997574 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:01 AM – 12 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My enemies give me the reputation of a total as***le. The bonus is that people are always surprised when I am nice to them.https:\/\/twitter.com\/wileecoyotewec\/status\/884881383776296960 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:40 PM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@gfriend \u201cPeace: Neither Ink nor Blood\u201d by @nntaleb (and why the Arabs are fighting to the last Palestinian)https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/peace-neither-ink-nor-blood-4657956c82ac <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:37 PM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@Theodore8 as close as I will ever get to @nntaleb #cuttlefish #ink #greece #kalok\u00e9ri pic.twitter.com\/lgqha7G3sm<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:53 AM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@garyruskin How the #GMO industry gets journalists to buy its messages, by @marionnestlehttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2v8Pdrg <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:17 AM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb [Thread on Pyrrhic Victories] “If we win one more victory, we are doomed!” Si alteram talem victoriam reporta, vero mea erit pernicies Permalink<\/a> 7:37 AM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@dannyhakim Key part of agrochem PR strategy is claiming that serious reporting on GMO’s\/pesticides akin to being anti-vax or a climate change denier. Permalink<\/a> 7:26 AM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The most serious error in statistics is taking properties out of a textbook and applying it mechanistically (a la Pinker boy). pic.twitter.com\/bVuLOfwXRK<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:54 AM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Wondering why journos love GMOs? I am witness to a bit of this.http:\/\/progressive.org\/magazine\/how-the-biotech-industry-cultivates-positive-media\/#.WWSwwM170Ds.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:04 AM – 11 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb What should I discuss? Permalink<\/a> 1:31 PM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In about 9 minutes will start my econtalk with@EconTalker pic.twitter.com\/nf7WdcviSJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:19 PM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@rpodgornik ..or possibly: Si Athenas et Spartam, quod aiunt, ne clamor ridentem. Permalink<\/a> 10:05 AM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Heuristic: when picking a restaurant in an unfamiliar city, don’t look at the menu, look at the clients. Permalink<\/a> 9:53 AM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Same as fake entrepreneurs only interested in packaging and selling companies: fake scholars only interested in credentials\/local status. Permalink<\/a> 9:27 AM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The vanquished cries, but the victor doesn’t laugh. Roman proverbhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrobb\/status\/884416954693505024 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:26 AM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Wrong. Data shows that once settled, people tend to stay… like an occupied spot. “Invasions” overstated. Languages move faster than geneshttps:\/\/twitter.com\/vrints_annemie\/status\/884399982073315328 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:28 AM – 10 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@RealDHilburn Btw, this Chesterton quote reminds me of the Taleb test to detect ISIS sympathizers among refugees: pic.twitter.com\/TPHWJ0BNKR<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:38 AM – 9 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A good database of ALL payments frm Qatar & oth Gulf sources to @Charles_Lister & employers for promoting Al-Qaeda? Same for @MiddleEastInsthttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Desertlady11\/status\/883227758675058688 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:42 AM – 9 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 4 hours lefthttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/883766265524965379 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM – 9 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Getting to *prove* how tail risk estimation methods are flawed in the econ & behavioral econ literature. pic.twitter.com\/XRiEzihhDW<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:22 AM – 9 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@mikeandallie We are having similar mornings. I just spent 2 hrs with Nassim Taleb’s latest paper pic.twitter.com\/KoA1m4Vpl4<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:57 AM – 9 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Strangely, @clarissaward from CNN posts nothing but fraudulous news\/Jihadi propaganda that spreads & never retracts. Why it keep going? Permalink<\/a> 12:14 PM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Visit to Kazakstan last mont. No tie, of course. Lost 6 lbs on a zero-carb (no squid ink) diet since. pic.twitter.com\/irhCTMHMrf<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:24 AM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Exercise: Is uncertainty purely epistemic limitation? Think about it: destroys free will, requires teleology, unescapable preordained fatehttps:\/\/twitter.com\/ProbFact\/status\/883743278008553472 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:53 AM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And I am going to ask a “consultant” to tawk about Real Life? Permalink<\/a> 10:14 AM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Typos pic.twitter.com\/DwmFOhTebf<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:19 AM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Why” Nudge” and much of Behavioral Econ is bullshit science. pic.twitter.com\/QFGQBUXnxN<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:10 AM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The reason Cyprus is at a stalemate: negociators are …bureaucrats. Clueless bureaucrats & political “scientists”. https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/peace-neither-ink-nor-blood-4657956c82ac <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/financecyprus\/status\/883670265586167812 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:55 AM – 8 Jul 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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