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@Helsingor Happy R\u00fbm day to @byzantium1200, @byzantinepower, @byzyeileen, @nntaleb, @CryForByzantium and all of Byzantine twitter.https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHMalcolm\/status\/897926213477347329 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:06 PM – 16 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Homeopathy is useful PRECISELY because it doesn’t work. Can homeopathy can HELP the NHS? http:\/\/dailym.ai\/1srK3Fo <\/a>\u00a0 via @MailOnline Permalink<\/a> 12:32 PM – 16 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@mjd1735 BBC News – Awamiya: Inside the devastated Saudi Shia town http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/world-middle-east-40950353\/awamiya-inside-the-devastated-saudi-shia-town <\/a>\u00a0 @nntaleb @lionelbarber Permalink<\/a> 8:45 AM – 16 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@KevorkAlmassian Says the guy who funded & armed religious fascists in my country, #Syria. @BarackObama pic.twitter.com\/aCPq8cZNbn<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:58 AM – 16 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If journos talk about a risk, say Nuclear, ignore it.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7V7W46sOt38 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:35 AM – 16 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@byzantinepower pic.twitter.com\/vftDoELvTY<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:24 AM – 16 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A convincing illustration of what happens when you put nerds (IYIs) in charge of regulation. pic.twitter.com\/4xu1eZfpXo<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:48 PM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Fat Tony explaining how “f*** you” money works in case Monsanto & Cambridge University are after you.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xdfeXqHFmPI <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:27 PM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Monsanto’s St Op Procedure: an online army demonizes GMO-skeptics. They also contact institutions & ask for removal, as they did w\/Ceralini.https:\/\/twitter.com\/luciansusanu\/status\/897459026975436800 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:16 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@theQSLman .@nntaleb on procrastination. Superb insight. pic.twitter.com\/RdRc7Y2RDh<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:06 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@theQSLmind .@nntaleb on procrastination. Superb insight. pic.twitter.com\/RdRc7Y2RDh<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:06 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So the British IYI pseudodiversity police were instantly turned into a Monsanto smear campaigning agent Union of 2 idiots is much more idiot Permalink<\/a> 5:19 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb British IYI class is after me. Monsanto shills (@kevinFolta) join the smear campaign (since 2015, 2300 emails to NYU). Impotent #Antifragile pic.twitter.com\/RMZ7oVd2pl<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:03 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The exquisite precision & instant response (for both acceleration and deceleration) of the EV makes the non-electric car feel like a boat. Permalink<\/a> 4:07 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This picture is more representative https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/the-insidious-racism-of-mary-beard-et-al-8b6b768b4575 <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/rlvb14HnUB”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/rlvb14HnUB Permalink<\/a> 3:34 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I just published \u201cThe insidious racism of Mary Beard and the \u2018diversity\u2019 operators\u201dhttps:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/the-insidious-racism-of-mary-beard-et-al-8b6b768b4575 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:32 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb First day driving a @TeslaMotors. Something else! I hope I will never ever have to drive a nonelectric car. Permalink<\/a> 3:22 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@SimonMoores I really don’t think people are grasping what @nntaleb argument is. It’s really about the anc. population of http:\/\/N.Africa <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:07 AM – 15 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb US Army embraces Antifragility http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/jrnl\/art\/security-force-assistance-brigades-the-us-army-embraces-antifragility <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:52 PM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Work, Slavery, the Minority Rule, and Skin in the Game | EconTalk |http:\/\/bit.ly\/2vDpWqR <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:36 PM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nobody is seeing what I am seeing? This piece of info,hapl of Ancient Greeks v. close to Canaanites? While linear b nonsemitic! Huge if truehttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/897031793240625152 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:15 PM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@careygillam “Monsanto\u2019s message is clear – stay out of its way,” say cancer victim lawyers @MonsantoCo wants sanctioned https:\/\/usrtk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Andrus-Wagstaff-response-on-release-of-Monsanto-dox.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/p6duzdL9Wk”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/p6duzdL9Wk Permalink<\/a> 1:18 PM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@RanaHarbi What the f did I just read pic.twitter.com\/92cos5rvZj<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:50 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@normonics The sample space of reality is enormous. Therefore every narrative can be supported by ‘facts’ so long as they are selectively amplified. Permalink<\/a> 9:39 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@asadabukhalil Look at this language:when he talks about Russian and Syrian repression he uses the world “slaughter”. For Saudis, he uses “excessive” forcehttps:\/\/twitter.com\/KenRoth\/status\/896688115892486144 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:36 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@Cyberlibris We used to be fooled by randomness, the truth is we are fooled by ergodicity! https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1706.07773.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 @nntaleb @ole_b_peters #BigData #data Permalink<\/a> 7:37 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@JegErAlan This, thanks to a @JacobWinski tweet, is the link that made me realize I should be skeptical about GMOs: http:\/\/fooledbyrandomness.com\/PrecautionaryPrinciple.html <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/897009908276703232 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:33 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Perfect! ABSENCE of haplogroup DOES NOT indicate absence of ancestry, but presence does! Permalink<\/a> 4:28 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I just published \u201cThe insidious racism of Mary Beard et al.\u201dhttps:\/\/medium.com\/p\/the-insidious-racism-of-mary-beard-et-al-8b6b768b4575 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:20 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb From the recent papers abt modern Greeks ~Mycenians, Minoans: G and J2 (even J1) haplogroups. pic.twitter.com\/vMOz281dPe<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 2:47 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Jordan My data has no ethnicities (Tribal North Arabian, West Bank Palestinian, Circasn, etc.) But again, J1e, 10 times more than Lebanon. pic.twitter.com\/aTme3UNIsS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:40 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Syria as whole v. different from Leb, owing to high presence of J1e (Peninsula genes) from Arab conquest\/trade. No granularity on West. Syr pic.twitter.com\/difEdbiGVa<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:23 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb He was also converted to skepticism about GMOs. Thank you, Twitter .https:\/\/twitter.com\/JegErAlan\/status\/896932546193346561 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:20 AM – 14 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@TheDuran_com Assange NAILS IS!http:\/\/theduran.com\/julian-assange-asks-us-said-nothing-obama-supported-ukrainian-neo-nazis\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:57 PM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb On plane back to NY tried to play with a messier probabilistic structure in genetics. @PZalloua pic.twitter.com\/qD14r5Uu4I<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:10 PM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb History Jumps! An aids for my discussion of probabilistic reasoning for history in my comment on the tirade of Klueless Massimohttps:\/\/twitter.com\/normonics\/status\/896820612659912704 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:54 PM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The GMO deception was over the day AMZN bought Whole Foods. AMZN is one order of magnitude bigger than Monsanto, typ. tactics won’t work. Permalink<\/a> 11:39 AM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@spikedonline Brendan O’Neill on the poison of racial thinking pic.twitter.com\/Cy3JC7Vfql<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:19 AM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@RamdasSunder @nntaleb This is Probability, not Stats. Closely related, but a good statistician is not automatically a good probabilist. Permalink<\/a> 5:09 AM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@GuruAnaerobic Next time someone criticises Paleo diet cos they only lived til 35yrs, ask them if early death was “diet related” or disease, childbirth,etchttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/896614771973382145 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:06 AM – 13 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you are trying to figure out diet, genetics, and lifestyle, uncon LE is not the right measure. Permalink<\/a> 11:27 PM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Flawed analysis: You shd only measure longevity by taking life expectancy conditional on being >50-60, not at birthhttp:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/story\/20170807-living-in-places-where-people-live-the-longest?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:09 PM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Antifragility World’s oldest man, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 113http:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/world\/media-worlds-oldest-man-a-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-113\/589276130 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:45 PM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My PhD thesis advisor\/coauthor is a French woman mathematician. The committee had 2 women mathematicians. Nobody asked for a quota then.https:\/\/twitter.com\/clairlemon\/status\/895493873094414336 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:26 AM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@PaleoPhil And here is an example: History Channel’s “Barbarians Rising” portraying Hannibal as a black West African. pic.twitter.com\/oY6CXNwTjZ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:17 AM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@Christo59093308 @nntaleb Amazing!! The Black Swan in 2007, 1 yr before financial crisis! And now pg. 205 with mention of potential Syria crisis! #mustread Permalink<\/a> 6:56 AM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb BTW what Romans used to call “Arabs” were Nabateans, Northern Arabians, close to Jordanians & Hawranis Permalink<\/a> 2:38 AM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Romans looked like other Meds at Ancient times: It was the Celts who were ethnic. @holland_tom citing Petronius. pic.twitter.com\/aFgXunJ94D<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:44 AM – 12 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ran into 2 Amioun-born New Yorkers Trump supporters at a party in Amioun. “If Amioun voted in the US elections, Trump would get 99%” #MAGA pic.twitter.com\/gTCiNKvavf<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:07 PM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Who is @gchoran99 ? Not only he got the point about subsaharan genes but also that “historians are full of crap”.https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbdchick\/status\/896139383371317248 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:58 PM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@alxpr1c3 6 pictorials exposing what A LOT, if not MOST, academic text-books are missing: #RIGOUR!https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/896005183993294848 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:44 PM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@robertwjordway People say @nntaleb is nice in person but I disagree. He made me split a mini cannoli with him at @NECSI #diabetes Permalink<\/a> 1:15 PM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@ghchammas Lebanese steak tartare. @nntaleb pic.twitter.com\/uqmoGqIBTR<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:06 PM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Syria most probably comes from the Phoenician name for Anti-Lebanon. So, yes the name “Syria” correponds to 3 geographical areas in history. pic.twitter.com\/ZTk3SzPI1s<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:03 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Also in Bible “Aram” is mentioned by which translations say Syria. But “Syria” doesn’t map to “Aram” & Syrion is ambiguous! Permalink<\/a> 9:52 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Terms “Syria”, Blad eSham, & Syrion != Greek: Syria coela (Bekaa)+Antioch Syrion in Bible is AntiLebanon (Syrion ve Lvanon) Libanensis pbm Permalink<\/a> 9:46 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How to look at history using probabilistic reasoning: Pinned Brownian Bridges. Conditional on present and past, what can midpoints be? pic.twitter.com\/NlGZYpEKps<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:33 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Real World Risk Pictorial Next Session Oct 2-6 http:\/\/realworldrisk.com\/pictorial_view_of_the_program_by_dhaval <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:47 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The problem is not just financial dependence. Wusses fear losing friends & not being invited to the parties if they defy the thoughtpolice. Permalink<\/a> 6:15 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Amioun for the weekend, 1900 years. pic.twitter.com\/aZEJzELsfC<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:33 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@AntifragileACC @nntaleb Working at a university and trying to shake up academia world! Thank you for all you do to push us! pic.twitter.com\/3y6MYcsCxF<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:14 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It was also for me a way to show the UK establishment they can’t play with independent people like me without eventually getting burned. Permalink<\/a> 3:25 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@paulorrj No, basically it started with @wmarybeard being wrong & called out. So, she accused Taleb of sexism because of it.https:\/\/medium.com\/@nntaleb\/something-is-broken-in-the-uk-intellectual-sphere-7efc9a1f154a <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:22 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb More precise: Nubians somewhere there. pic.twitter.com\/VMc7tNmAfM<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:20 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Don’t tell me my friend Tom Holland is falling into the Insidious Racism of the UK establishment! pic.twitter.com\/rJJyaHkbdx<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:12 AM – 11 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Precautionary approach to climate. pic.twitter.com\/FxW7wAE1u4<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:36 PM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Faced that junk in the Air France lounge, JFK. Manager who spoke w\/thick Marseilles accent promised to replace w\/documentaries on animals. pic.twitter.com\/pEB9YnEjgS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:33 PM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is more granularity about Lebanese (all religions) and Armenians pic.twitter.com\/aqfwoF0YrI<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:28 PM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Gulf government gave SECRET $20 million gift to D.C. think tank https:\/\/interc.pt\/2vQNz1K <\/a>\u00a0 by @ryangrim Permalink<\/a> 1:15 PM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@JacobWinski Just received The VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics and it’s wonderful. Thank you @nntaleb for the tip, really appreciate it. pic.twitter.com\/C6IgqsVi1F<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:55 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Thus guy is an intellectual fraud. Nonlinear domains like climate & markets!= mechanics like solar eclipses. If it were true he wd be rich.https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/895634473425014785 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:55 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So we can start the great East Med Peace Project by convincing Turks Cypriots, Greeks (etc.) they are 1st cousins. Permalink<\/a> 4:42 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Fat Tony is J2b. So my prediction: Mafia dons are predominantly J2. We can try to test it. Permalink<\/a> 4:28 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This map confirms my grandmother’s heurisitc: if people eat the same they look the same… and have similar genetic makeup Permalink<\/a> 4:24 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And note that the Arab J1e (invaders) subclade is practically non existent in Leb, high in Palestine. Permalink<\/a> 4:13 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@alexdelprete Giustamente Nassim ci ricorda che il sud italia \u00e8 Magna Grecia: aplogruppo J2 (18-30%) ed E1b1b (15-25%) http:\/\/www.eupedia.com\/genetics\/italian_dna.shtml <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/895599465381339137 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:10 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Also note that Sunnis have about as much J2 as the rest. Permalink<\/a> 3:58 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This chart will cause a shock to Lebanese national identity. And perhaps Turkish. Note that Southern Italy is also blue (Magna Grecia) pic.twitter.com\/J9fsWp8f8E<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:55 AM – 10 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb What SJW don’t get is the implied racism of “white” & “colored”: if you mix white & colored you get colored. That implies purity not race. Permalink<\/a> 5:30 PM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I was told that traditionally royals shd never say “thank you”, “please”, “sorry”, etc. because you don’t say it to subjects. True? Refs? Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Turned out in England politeness is something for the middle class. Aristocrats are exempt. Any literature on that? Permalink<\/a> 2:39 PM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@MaxAbrahms The problem was meeting him for coffee. Everyone knows you must meet for squid ink or frog legs. Permalink<\/a> 1:11 PM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@MaxAbrahms If Twitter teaches you anything…it’s unwise to try to publicly outwit @nntaleb. Permalink<\/a> 12:38 PM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I am very direct. I asked the doctor; he said can’t do anything about it. So you need to live with it. Permalink<\/a> 11:57 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Here is 90% of the words used in N Levantine ordinary conv. Most are Ugaritic\/Canaanite Also see grammar https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/50282823\/semitic-3.pdf <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:31 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Real estate, like fish, starts rotting from the top.https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/895113331488567296 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:58 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The bigger problem is that Google is a utility. Yet it does not fall under the 1st amendement. This is what worries me the deepest.https:\/\/twitter.com\/TehNormster\/status\/895320753268183040 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:30 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb OK, OK, I will say it publicly. I viscerally don’t like S. Pinker, but I will take every RISK to help him fight insidious censorship. Permalink<\/a> 9:15 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Where is the real “left”? Those who wd say: “I detest what you write, bt I wd give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write” Permalink<\/a> 8:41 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb OK Ok Damore is a hero. He knowingly took risk. Permalink<\/a> 7:55 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This entire idea of bicolorism categorization destroys the notion that humans are humans, and once you classify you destroy something. Permalink<\/a> 7:44 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This entire idea of bicolorism categorization destroys the notion that humans are humans, and once you classify you destroy something. Permalink<\/a> 7:44 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Which is why the word “white” shd never be used for race as it means nothing. The only “white” pple may be albino.s. Permalink<\/a> 7:30 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This guy @adammerberg has been helping Monsanto trolls attacking our work on the prec. pple by lying about the mathematical “mistakes”. Permalink<\/a> 7:24 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Thanks for correcting me. Damore is not a hero. He is a victim. I honor pple who correct my mistakes w\/o trolling.https:\/\/twitter.com\/tinylessons\/status\/895287275864694784 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:18 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So Italy shd be divided in two races, the “whites” and the “xxxx” (actually there is a word in Italian)? For Rome it depends on the suburb? Permalink<\/a> 7:16 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If you did ethnicities in Roman England, I think most Mediterranean Romans would be considered “Ethnic” by today’s metric. Permalink<\/a> 7:06 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb “N N Taleb does not suffer fools gladly.” I want it on my epitaph.https:\/\/mises.org\/blog\/what-nassim-taleb-can-teach-us#.WYrzxxjskjo.twitter <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:37 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It is thanks to regulators that Monsanto managed to ghostwrite its own safety reviews.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Masoninblue\/status\/895239660020092928 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:07 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Monsanto was its own ghostwriter for safety reviews https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-08-09\/monsanto-was-its-own-ghostwriter-for-some-safety-reviews <\/a>\u00a0 via @BW Permalink<\/a> 3:37 AM – 9 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I got 2 citations from Damore today: Individual variations vs categories. The Universal destroys the particular pic.twitter.com\/UQCN44xzAx<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:11 PM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I just published \u201cComment on \u2018Klueless Massimo\u2019s Comments (Massimo Pigliucci) of the Mary Beard (Twitter) debate\u201dhttps:\/\/medium.com\/p\/comment-on-klueless-massimo-s-comments-massimo-pigliucci-of-the-mary-beard-twitter-debate-4c99a36de40 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:18 PM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The only way to prevent institutions from rotting is by automatic dissolution, to have the same life expectancy as free-market companies. Permalink<\/a> 5:12 PM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I wrote an entire book on Mathematics of History since EVERY path is a historical “Brownian Bridge” from Fooled by Randomness pic.twitter.com\/1H8oI5mV21<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:52 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Academia\/journos are nice housebroken submissive dogs. By collectivelly going against me they didn’t realize they need to fight a wolf. Permalink<\/a> 10:16 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 8) I did not read the article in full, just random glances, each time I find a mistake. Permalink<\/a> 9:08 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 7) Klueless Massimo @mpigliucci (how can one make so many mistakes in a single article? Doesn’t know abt TIME SERIES ? pic.twitter.com\/dH5kdXqbcl<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:07 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (I exchanged comments with him on twitter.) Permalink<\/a> 8:26 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Did not read @NickCohen4’s blog based on heuristic: Never read anything by someone abt you if you would never read him abt anything else. Permalink<\/a> 8:18 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nassim Taleb Warns “Something Is Broken In The UK Intellectual Sphere” | Zero Hedge http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-07\/nassim-taleb-warns-something-broken-uk-intellectual-sphere <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:59 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Klueless Massimo “expert” in Stoic virtues s.a. courage. Like nuns “experts” in sexual positions. If you don’t take risk, STFU abt courage.https:\/\/twitter.com\/mpigliucci\/status\/894765199726477312 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:55 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 6) Klueless Massimo @mpigliucci, department of bullshit. He talks about STATISTICS by referring to STAT 101. pic.twitter.com\/IMIq4BlzV0<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:57 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Here is a more technical way to view the “otherness” in terms of distance, differential entropy. pic.twitter.com\/vv9A0WXMwJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:22 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And, BTW, @mpigliucci ‘s account has nothing to do w\/my argument, outlined in my Medium post. https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/something-is-broken-in-the-uk-intellectual-sphere-7efc9a1f154a <\/a>\u00a0 @davidpapineau Permalink<\/a> 4:40 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And, BTW, @mpigliucci ‘s account has nothing to do w\/my argument, outlined in my Medium post. https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/something-is-broken-in-the-uk-intellectual-sphere-7efc9a1f154a <\/a>\u00a0 @davidpapineau Permalink<\/a> 4:40 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I am sure @kateantiquity and @caitlinrgreen would agree with my message that ethnicities shd not be binarized\/lumped as “other”. pic.twitter.com\/CmgE5n5CU0<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:26 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Independently an Italian fellow nails it! Same point as mine about the insidious racism of Mary Beardhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/SiamolaGente\/status\/894856398806409216 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:07 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb To actually understand what Mary Beard and the UK PolNazis are getting wrong. (h\/t Google hero) pic.twitter.com\/cUqyZsNNb2<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:40 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@primalpoly The original #googlememo, including all its links to research, which @Gizmodo deleted before criticizing it as lacking empirical support.https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveStuWill\/status\/894816981521772545 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:34 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Pple are surprised that Turkey speaks Turkish w\/little Turkic genes, Lebanon has no Arab genes, not that India speaks English w\/o Engl genes Permalink<\/a> 2:13 AM – 8 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A great description of how ritual defamation is done. Problem: #antifragility of some.https:\/\/twitter.com\/__ice9\/status\/894757155437297665 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:14 PM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If they can. Only if they can.https:\/\/twitter.com\/prestonjbyrne\/status\/894272812751499265 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:07 PM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb That has been my point all my life. Western Civilization is Med. Diversity should be olive oil vs butter, not Euro vs “other”. Idiots.https:\/\/twitter.com\/francisalonso86\/status\/894616311086686212 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:02 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Something torturing me. I receive a Tesla this week & something abt state subsidies troubles my conscience as a localist-libertarian. Permalink<\/a> 10:30 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Actually, I can guesstimate from the decline in rate of blocking by bot of UK SWJ trolls and journos over past 12h that it has to be <1%. Permalink<\/a> 10:10 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This man gets it.https:\/\/twitter.com\/Billare\/status\/894589364625428480 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:31 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The big question: How much do the Political Correct Universalist Nazis represent of the UK pple: 3%? Less? More?https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:36 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mike Duncan @mikeduncan concluded abt my exchange w\/Mary Beard not veifying if she did not falsify the nature of encounter. ShoddyHistorianhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeduncan\/status\/894531394814259203 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:35 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@primalpoly Google HR: ‘There are no sex differences’ Google AdWords: ‘You bought books on programming? Here are ads for GQ magazine and Cialis’ pic.twitter.com\/Dtn2vvNfoI<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:09 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I actually followed @mikeduncan on twitter until I listened in podcast to a subject I know well, Seneca, & saw he was a bullshitter. Permalink<\/a> 5:23 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb How can you trust a “historian” like @mikeduncan if he doesn’t have the instinct to look for other side of story? https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/something-is-broken-in-the-uk-intellectual-sphere-7efc9a1f154a <\/a>\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeduncan\/status\/893189129638490119 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:42 AM – 7 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I can feel in my bones, from the #googlememo (and my UK story) that something is starting to crumble. I mean, to crumble. Permalink<\/a> 6:39 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@LorenzoWVilla (I believe that) This statement is extremely accurate and extremely funny. Permalink<\/a> 6:03 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb But, fundamentally, saying “I am a woman hence I have a license to call everyone who bothers me a misogynist” infuriates me. Permalink<\/a> 2:59 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Beard said “accurate” which got me going. Then backtracked Then misrepresented the exchange abt credentials. Then used the feminist cover. pic.twitter.com\/FOKqWJ6JXm<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 2:57 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@karoumy I screencapped it in time. pic.twitter.com\/KfN64aYJlr<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 2:28 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@RBeisert Taleb called a UK “historian” out for revisionism. People stamped their feet impotently while antifragile Taleb laughed. Permalink<\/a> 2:10 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Please ban all my “pop risk” books. Enact rules to make them illegal on campus. Please put the burning on youtube, please!https:\/\/twitter.com\/soniarothwell\/status\/894299329715941378 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:52 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I knew there was something wrong with the Green Party’s support of war in Syria. But they extend their “environmental” to Roman Britain.https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhyToVoteGreen\/status\/894283635662127104 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:12 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I get tons of that crap, now w\/a bot blocking them. Basically it is very OK to be a bullshitter if “good manners”. The UK self-destructing?https:\/\/twitter.com\/janeknappster\/status\/894278567995088900 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:30 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Salibi claims Lebanon had wave of settlements byYemenis. No trace of J1e among Sunnis. Historian texts= hearsay + fabrication + some truth pic.twitter.com\/KuTtE4p3OQ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:07 PM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@Chateaubriand__ This raises the important point that, by inserting implausible contemporary diversity, the BBC ignored the real diversity of Roman Britain.https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/893456839375032322 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:34 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@Cernovich Intelligence bureaucrats disdain @nntaleb risk management. Firing Flynn robbed America of one of our greatest minds. http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2017\/02\/27\/michael-flynn-general-chaos <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/X2JCVBI2LA”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/X2JCVBI2LA Permalink<\/a> 10:22 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In UK, It is misogynist to not deal w\/a woman as one would w\/a man. But if you deal w\/a woman as you would w\/a man, you are also mysogynist. Permalink<\/a> 9:53 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is how Syrians looked. Like Romans. And the Berbers. Diversity was Mediter vs U.K. Mary Beard keeps her BS going. pic.twitter.com\/nP8hYafBVK<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:31 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb More bullshit by Mary Beard: Berbers and Syrians were Mediterraneans, close to Romans in looks, the “diversity” doesn’t work there. pic.twitter.com\/p9sudkvG38<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 9:09 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb PLEDGE: If I ever, over my lifetime make a BS nondisconfirmatory historical statement, you are allowed to abuse me! @alexapostolideshttps:\/\/twitter.com\/alexapostolides\/status\/894214800913428480 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:40 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb All I can say so far: very roughly, Palestinians are Meds on their mother’s side, Arabs on their father’s. Exhilarating to read history Permalink<\/a> 7:59 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb pic.twitter.com\/ZCQpzG45Ix<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:53 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Palestinian genetic distance using cross-entropy on Mito DNA, female lineage pic.twitter.com\/ixCepwzz5G<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:46 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr (bullshitter Johnson, here is what we know about the “African” Punicshttp:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/archaeology\/dna-sequencing-of-ancient-phoenician-remains-could-make-us-reconsider-the-history-of-human-movement-a7048046.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:35 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@eamonn @nntaleb is not “alt-right”, but he did call Mary Beard a “bullshitter.” Here’s why:https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/something-is-broken-in-the-uk-intellectual-sphere-7efc9a1f154a <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:05 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The J1e pic.twitter.com\/x8usv8tCTF<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:01 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Jim Pickard @PickardJE of the FT engaged in same w\/me but, 8 years later, is PROUD of it. When journos are despicable, they are despicable.https:\/\/twitter.com\/juliagalef\/status\/894092020494381056 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:21 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The Palestinians appear to be ~one third\/half Mediterranean, one third\/half Arabs. 8 times more traces of Peninsula Arabs than Lebanon. pic.twitter.com\/1lBUSe8VVA<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:38 AM – 6 Aug 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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