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@nntaleb Coincidentally… What he means by “Greek” literature is … things for intellectuals. https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentantiq\/status\/1034835323384197120 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:10 PM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 4) People don’t realize the more severe problem is not absence of replication, rather the reduction of EFFECT for those that replicated. If you lower effect by \u00bd, the odds of being observed in REAL LIFE decreases nonlinearly. From 2 sigmas to 1 sigma, down by 86%. Permalink<\/a> 12:50 PM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@broketrout Just seeing this book title gave me nightmares.. pic.twitter.com\/sNuLpVem2Q<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:45 PM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Academics think in very low-resolution digital while humans see things in analog. Permalink<\/a> 12:18 PM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@originalgibby Replication of findings in @sciencemagazine and @nature slightly better than a coin flip. Once again @nntaleb is correct. https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/speaking-of-science\/wp\/2018\/08\/27\/researchers-replicate-just-13-of-21-social-science-experiments-published-in-top-journals\/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bb6f15ba4889 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:32 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) The REPLICATION CRISIS a VINDICATION for citizens SICK & TIRED of the Harvards w\/a sense of entitlement treating practitioners as immature pple lost without their “science” when it is STATISTICALLY shown Harvards are no better than Ms Br\u00e9, fortune teller. pic.twitter.com\/TJAZ41AAbT<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:18 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) 2 \u00bd years ago I proved MATHEMATICALLY p-values need to be lowered by at least 1 order of magnitude. Now @BrianNosek et al, 75 authors mysteriously realize that p-values need to be lowered by…. 1 order of magnitude. List includes of course a bunch of Harvards I insulted. pic.twitter.com\/xK2rVp8AL6<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:32 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) We now have to face the fact that what is called “social science” and “evidence based” is scientifically shown to be equivalent to “bullshit vending”. Except less elegant, of course. Which brings us back to ancestral heuristics, #Lindy, #SkinintheGame https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarryDCrane\/status\/1034130885711417345 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:21 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@ggreenwald 1\/ In the wake of the @NewYorker profile, several people recommended I look at the ugly 2003 hit piece that magazine did on Chomsky (on the even of the Iraq War) & 2008 attack on Naomi Klein after “Shock Doctrine.” It is striking how they use the same expel-from-mainstream script pic.twitter.com\/rr1BKBa5JJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:55 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb What happens to post-Monsanto shills? Predictably, they will do #shameless propaganda elsewhere. “Glyphosate Mark” @mark_lynas seems to have reconverted to promotion of… AlQaeda, helping propagandist @Charles_Lister do #pedophrasty w\/fake pictures of dead children in Syria. Permalink<\/a> 5:52 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I have been blocking nitpickers on “Gabish”. “Gabish” is to “Capisce” what “Gabagool” is to “Capicola”, what “Brozhut” is to “Prosciuto”, what “Avangool” is to [YOU FIGURE IT OUT]… Gabish? Permalink<\/a> 5:14 AM – 29 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Free speech is something unconditional BY DEFINITION, not something reserved to what your ears enjoy hearing. Gabish? Permalink<\/a> 7:17 PM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You don’t seem to get what a utility means. Permalink<\/a> 6:58 PM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If someone told me 10 years ago that 1) The White House would be fighting CENSORSHIP by the media (not the other way around, while 2) The media accuses the White House of fascism, I would have called an ambulance. https:\/\/petitions.whitehouse.gov\/petition\/protect-free-speech-digital-public-square-0 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:13 PM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The label \u201cleft\u201d is a better disguise for the war machine\/weapon makers. Hence the militaristic pseudo-left sills … https:\/\/twitter.com\/brankomilan\/status\/1034296370155466753 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:17 PM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Iosif @iosif_lazaridis is part of a group that is revolutionizing history\/archeology, putting them on FIRM scientific grounds, using potent statistics\/combinatorics. Yes, indeed we can tell population migrations with a 10^-10 error rate. Thank you, Iosif & ignore journos. https:\/\/twitter.com\/iosif_lazaridis\/status\/1034509740729098242 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:11 PM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) The Propaganda Times (formerly kn0wn as NYT) article misses that those who can’t do can’t do for a reason, an epistemological reason: they often know the wrong things. So we make pple who know the wrong things teach the wrong things for the sake of “pedagogy”. This is fraud. Permalink<\/a> 11:42 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) Traditionally those “communicators” good at explaining are the charlatans, BS Vendors… https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/surgeons-should-notlook-like-surgeons-23b0e2cf6d52 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:19 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) The NYT vs #SkinInTheGame. It is very dangerous to favor those good at explaining but not understanding over people good at understanding but not explaining. pic.twitter.com\/k6IIt6Btvp<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:17 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I can vouch from Skin in THAT Game. https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGRickards\/status\/1034476469483970561 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:25 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nonvegetarian nongymmachines nonmillennial nonjournalists nonwhitecollarsalarymen nonactors weightlifters have wide waists. Gabish? #Lindy pic.twitter.com\/bqvRFXYBO3<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:34 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Someone needs to explain to the illustrator of @black_swan_man that nonvegetarian non-teenage non-gym-machines weightlifters have wide waists. (next tweet) https:\/\/twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1034193426126909441 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:30 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@LorenzoWVilla @nntaleb will like this: Eugenio Montale’s via negativa. https:\/\/twitter.com\/FPanunzi\/status\/1034436182271246336 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:49 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Actually most of it was done on Dec 31, 1999, about the best books of the 20th C. Things change… Permalink<\/a> 6:44 AM – 28 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Either Jaffer needs an alibi to be in NY or we are doing something right @financequant https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaffer22915438\/status\/1034163318511071233 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:05 PM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This was lifted from comments I made 10 years ago about 20th C novels. Of course the real thing (Dostoyevski) will be missing… Permalink<\/a> 3:30 PM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nassim Nicholas Taleb\u2019s Favorite Literature Books https:\/\/www.nuggetsofthought.com\/2018\/08\/22\/taleb-literature-books <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:53 PM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@spyrosmakrid NOT ONLY CAUSALITIES BUT ALSO ASSOCIATIONS ARE HARD IN SOCIAL SCIENCES Ioannidis author of “Why Most Published Research Finding (in medicine) Are False” https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16060722 <\/a>\u00a0 just published a paper https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2698337 <\/a>\u00a0 showing that the nutritional field need radical reform. ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/qVnSHTEfrM”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/qVnSHTEfrM Permalink<\/a> 7:49 AM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) To simplify, this is the #FooledbyRandomness effect: @paulkrugman is pontificating from NOISE, not signal, and the first thing one should teach students is to learn to make a difference between noise and signal. Permalink<\/a> 5:32 AM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb From work\/discussion with @financequant: BTC doesn’t even have a variance, steep power law. pic.twitter.com\/jdofe7ERRJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Statistically flawed statement: no such claims can be made under high variance power law. #SkinintheGame: if @paulkrugman had his own $ at risk, he would have been blowup on bitcoin up >10^4% & eliminated from the ecology… or eliminated from the ecology before even bitcoin… https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulkrugman\/status\/1033393663450259459 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:09 AM – 27 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Wars… https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldTelegraph_\/status\/1033735711441092608 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:07 PM – 26 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 5) What inspired the Greek\/Roman metaphor is the incident when Cato expelled Greek philosophers & rhetors from Rome. Cato was fiercely anti-BS… (from Fooled by Randomness) pic.twitter.com\/lfB2br1XgO<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:38 PM – 26 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 4) Discussion of “Roman” vs “Greek” in #Antifragile based on optionality, which is of course NOT LITERAL & unconditional but a general metaphor: In general, Romans were conscious of 2nd order effects all across, despised theory, tawkers, & vapid philosophising. pic.twitter.com\/56sO6o7Nwd<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:59 AM – 26 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Many have the illusion that builders used Euclidean geometry. We are lucky they didn’t: Euclidean geometry only entered architecture in modern times …causing the ugly nonfractal structures we have today. #Antifragile: how academics lie abt role of theory: they WRITE history. pic.twitter.com\/ZedV2lneL8<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:47 AM – 26 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1)PSYCHO-BS In #Antifragile: I was convinced that the theory that money does *not* bring happiness (beyond a level) was bogus in spite of the “evidence”: psychologists of happiness like $$ & Lindy effect. Turned out that research was psycho-BS, doesn’t replicate #SkinintheGame pic.twitter.com\/84kvvoMrtS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:33 AM – 26 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@DanielLMcAdams The “antiwar” opposition to the war machine. And no one will admit that we are a one-party state… https:\/\/twitter.com\/timand2037\/status\/1033565189814112256 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:07 PM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb BTW, Byzantines were diehard Roman. Greek was just a language. Permalink<\/a> 2:49 PM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The real difference in politics isn’t the “right” vs “left” gradation but rather “Greek” vs “Roman”. + Greek = puts theory above practice + Roman= puts practice above theory Be Roman. Now. Permalink<\/a> 2:47 PM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Using factorials (simpler) pic.twitter.com\/fj2r70bPCH<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:12 AM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Steps on how Stirling was used for solution pic.twitter.com\/adIh0e8HP3<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:21 AM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb OK, Saturday workout in remembrance of @CutTheKnotMath but not sure Maestro was crazy about gamma functions. cc: @SvetlanaBogom13 pic.twitter.com\/mgZvKpHhgS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:31 AM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb In the absence of @CutTheKnotMath, a Saturday morning workout he would have liked (from Dan Sitaru). pic.twitter.com\/dSVv2jH6V5<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:32 AM – 25 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Squid ink pic.twitter.com\/MWD0SCAJME<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:02 PM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd \u03b4\u03ad \u1f08\u03bc\u1f74\u03bd \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03b5\u1f76\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b4\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6. https:\/\/twitter.com\/faleflix\/status\/1033086428442488833 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:38 PM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@black_swan_man Thanks @RonPaul. You are a real world superhero. In the Black Swan Man comic, what should your super powers be? https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonPaul\/status\/1033074963568357376 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:02 PM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Black Swan man fighting central banksters and the enemies of Satoshi. …but can someone explain to the cartoonist weightlifters have wider waists? https:\/\/twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1033004379962580992 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:09 AM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb New Title: The Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails becomes Real-World Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails pic.twitter.com\/eHe6svaha2<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:00 AM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@ban_kanj No, this isn\u2019t the Amalfi coast.. it\u2019s Southern Lebanon #Naquoura #Lebanon pic.twitter.com\/7XqDXMdT9k<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 6:41 AM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Monsanto has commonalities w\/Theranos & Madoff, court papers show Made claims from SAFETY studies they NEVER did Lobbied, bullied regulators by infiltrating the system Owned “science” journalists & “rational” crowd Smear campaigns ag scientists (yours truly), ruining careers https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1032633507003158528 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:19 AM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The good news: Forbes & Project Syndicate fired Monsanto shill @henryimiller & removed all past articles. But I cannot believe some journos like Tamar Haspel known to be colluding with Monsanto are still writing in newspapers like @washingtonpost https:\/\/twitter.com\/thackerpd\/status\/1032962224820834306 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:09 AM – 24 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@DanielLMcAdams How sick that Obama decided to let crazed, head-chopping jihadists loose on these good Christian people. And how sad that Trump is too blind to see what’s really going on in Syria. There will be hell to pay for the murder of these innocents. Literally. https:\/\/twitter.com\/iraqschristians\/status\/1032746441104674817 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:15 PM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@MccluskyMark People seem to get it, even if their spelling is a little phunny. pic.twitter.com\/2LGriWAfOK<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:50 PM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@restoration_x Taleb has discussed and developed Pareto a great deal. Perhaps it is no coincidence that they even ook remarkably similar. https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/964450061164965888?s=19 <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/isefixKgyQ”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/isefixKgyQ Permalink<\/a> 1:11 PM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I’d rather live in a society where people complain about lawyers than one in which they don’t. https:\/\/twitter.com\/societalruin\/status\/1032638737073598464 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:52 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) For instance Monsanto’s Eric Sachs @ericsachsPhD who was behind the smear campaign against us & others (collusion with fake journo @keithkloor & Co), retired after the merger. But I will make sure he & others pay some stiff penalty at some point in the rest of their lives. Permalink<\/a> 7:48 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) From what I understand about mergers, former Monsanto executives can be easily sued by Bayer for stuff they did not disclose or for past malpractice. And I am certain Bayer wasn’t aware of the stuff revealed by court papers. Permalink<\/a> 7:39 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The beginning of the end… https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyruskin\/status\/1032632886627721216 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:19 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Enfin, la France… https:\/\/journal.lepoint.fr\/comment-vous-n-avez-pas-encore-lu-taleb-2244655 <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/xajDMhBge2″> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/xajDMhBge2 Permalink<\/a> 5:58 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Solution pic.twitter.com\/UpJQs9Jbw1<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb That was quick. The idea of #skininthegame made it to Homeland Security… https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodeDotGov\/status\/1025158440522534912 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:13 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@maalaukong I still can\u2019t believe I had the gut to train barbell when no doctors and people around me would advise me do that. But I read Antifragile -and after lifting for months I am fine now still thank you Permalink<\/a> 5:10 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Morning Quiz. From Dan Sitaru\/Romanian Mathematical Magazine. pic.twitter.com\/kSk0ceHTxr<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:45 AM – 23 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) Helenus: on the difference between engineering and reverse engineering. History is HARDER than it seems. pic.twitter.com\/tmcfnwqtaz<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 2:51 PM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) The story of Helenus @MarkAnthonySPQR as an illustration of the difference between forward and backward equation https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkAnthonySPQR\/status\/1032360191449346048 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:49 PM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@yaneerbaryam Really important work on reporting and citation bias effects on treatment for depression. And there is more not included. ht @nilskappelmann @nntaleb https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/psychological-medicine\/article\/cumulative-effect-of-reporting-and-citation-biases-on-the-apparent-efficacy-of-treatments-the-case-of-depression\/71D73CADE32C0D3D996DABEA3FCDBF57#fndtn-information <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/tMOD00CvTZ”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/tMOD00CvTZ Permalink<\/a> 10:54 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Stefan Gasic @NonMeek summarizes my new book The Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails (Technical Incerto, Vol 1) https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37221402\/TECHNICAL_INCERTO_VOL_1_THE_STATISTICAL_CONSEQUENCES_OF_FAT_TAILS <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/RB7ZwdFPKL”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/RB7ZwdFPKL Permalink<\/a> 8:28 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@NonMeek Bitte sch\u00f6n. Otherwise okay? pic.twitter.com\/Z0FKDX8I3s<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:13 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) Something tactical that Netanyahu is starting to get but Donaldo (& predecessors) never figured out: if you HELP the population w\/something practical, makes it more favorable to you. Netanyahu is offering Iranians solutions for their water problems… https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/peace-neither-ink-nor-blood-4657956c82ac <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:54 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb As a matter of fact sanctions in Iran (by removing market forces) benefit the rent-seeking circles close to the regime, and hurt those they purport to save from said regime… Something about the lack of mental clarity on the part of bureaucrats. Permalink<\/a> 5:33 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Maybe… but one thing for sure; @mikeduncan has shown solid evidence of shoddy & unreliable intellectual behavior. And history requires intellectual integrity. https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeduncan\/status\/1031821137003601920 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:27 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Donaldo, sanctions have worked only ONCE in history: S. Africa (even then, unsure). They punish the weak in populations: Iraq, Syria, Lybia, Iran … those you yourself identify as victims of regimes. They thwart commerce that brings peace. Highly unrigorous DC IYI thinking. https:\/\/twitter.com\/amconmag\/status\/1032235948946411523 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:15 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@BLebnene Eh, ma3ak 7a22: https:\/\/youtu.be\/5ejHYQ4ihgI <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:14 AM – 22 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Reminds me of a certain book… https:\/\/twitter.com\/mangan150\/status\/1031959292683804673 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:43 PM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@InsperLiber A partir da an\u00e1lise da obra de Nassim Taleb, Ariel Bozza aborda o delicado problema das minorias intolerantes. Link na bio! #taleb #economia #pol\u00edtica #filosofia #ensaio #minorityrule #eleicoes2018 #religi\u00e3o #liberdade #lideran\u00e7a pic.twitter.com\/K4UBXd08D6<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:51 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Now the news is that they may not have beheaded her “YET”. No difference. Permalink<\/a> 8:13 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@Mat_Heart “Ceterum censeo saudi barbariam esse delendam.” Talebus Permalink<\/a> 7:26 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Interesting how Saudi shills think they can make you can believe one furthers US security interests by beheading Shiite women who complain abt gov. treatment. From experience w\/Monsanto & Saudi Barbatian shills, e.g. @dietwaldclaus: it’s the last resort job for the total loser. pic.twitter.com\/A72dJHXefl<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:07 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Saudi Barbaria, not Saudi Arabia. Delenda Saudi Barbaria. https:\/\/twitter.com\/financequant\/status\/1031894836784316420 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:53 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The style… pic.twitter.com\/O08Fba1m8l<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:18 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I just bought San-Antonio, tome 8 : Bravo, docteur B\u00e9ru ! ; Viva Bertaga ! ; Un \u00e9l\u00e9phant \u00e7a trompe ; Faut… @AbeBooks https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/BookDetailsPL?bi=22650467109&cm_ven=Twitter&cm_cat=TYShare&cm_pla=link&cm_ite=TYShare <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:02 AM – 21 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@OZmandia @TuckerGoodrich and @gillespi Have been shouting from the rooftops the dangers of Seed Oils for yonks! Maybe @nntaleb comment will bring it home: https:\/\/breaknutrition.com\/omega-6-fatty-acids-alternative-hypothesis-diseases-civilization\/ <\/a>\u00a0 SEED OILS ARE A SCAM ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/whTSNtQufd”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/whTSNtQufd Permalink<\/a> 4:05 PM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb It is also BIGOTRY to replace male privilege by the female one. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHSommers\/status\/1031598245024342017 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:17 PM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3) This plus the arrival of the “J” later in the Bronze age explains why the Levant has a mitocondrial DNA much closer to Northern Europe: Lebanon closer to France than to Cyprus. pic.twitter.com\/TseQESh6v8<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:51 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Which vindicates the theory that 1) Ashkenazis’ light eyes don’t not come from “Khazars” or as per some other half-baked theory, but from the original population 2) the 20% light eyes found in Lebanon\/North Syria don’t come from crusaders, but are largely indigenous https:\/\/twitter.com\/iosif_lazaridis\/status\/1031602205869133824 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:39 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If and only If the Markov Chain is ergodic. cc:@yaneerbaryam @ole_b_peters https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProbFact\/status\/1031606215179157504 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:28 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Influent BS vendors lose their influence the minute they close their mouth or put their pen to rest. Just a tiny bit of silence and they are gone. Permalink<\/a> 10:38 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb But you only get the tail for a function by avoiding sigmoidal transformations https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/976107986736181249 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:09 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My favorite @NonMeek cartoon by far: “The difference between absence of evidence and evidence of absence is at least 50 IQ points” https:\/\/twitter.com\/NonMeek\/status\/1014559700137009152 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:34 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Polygenic predictors have a humongous error rate. https:\/\/twitter.com\/hsu_steve\/status\/1031188182849732609 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:47 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@GuruAnaerobic Add to the category: ‘LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITY’ https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1031524764215648256 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:27 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The next uncovered scam will be seed oil, particularly corn oil, which has been passing for “healthy” w\/o evidence nor time tested uses, nor any direct evidence it is healthier than butter. Instead of high carb\/low carb, consider: w\/ or w\/o seed oil, grains … cc: @Mangan150 Permalink<\/a> 6:13 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 500 years, @KenDBerryMD, but good enough. https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenDBerryMD\/status\/1031525228021784577 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:01 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb REAL WORLD RISK SCHOLARSHIPS Friends, scholarships (by @financequant & myself) are available for the 9th program Oct 22-26, in NY. We have been giving on average 5 women scholarships & 5 general ones. http:\/\/www.realworldrisk.com <\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/987695856060174336 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:54 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is what @spyrosmakrid seems to be telling us: #ML doesn’t get the tails because nobody can get the tails from past data. https:\/\/twitter.com\/yjoshi\/status\/1031491335394607104 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:00 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Eisen has been supporting Monsanto & the GMO BS. Worse: Plos-1 withdrew an Op-Ed by @thackerpd under pressure from Monsanto. Permalink<\/a> 3:58 AM – 20 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Trishank @trishankkarthik summarized the tawk in a series of tweets: just note that I prefaced (par.) “as a scholar I don’t want to a good speaker, good speakers are usually charlatans” https:\/\/twitter.com\/trishankkarthik\/status\/1030844991470489600 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:05 PM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I mean Corneille Permalink<\/a> 1:23 PM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb My lecktchur on #skininthegame: No guts no glory, no risk no victory, adapted from Racine: ” A vaincre sans p\u00e9ril on triomphe sans gloire”, itself adapted from Seneca: Ignominiam iudicat gladiator cum inferiore componi et scit eum sine gloria uinci qui sine periculo uincitur… pic.twitter.com\/tyzG8dSoc6<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:01 PM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@yaneerbaryam Two heuristics for nonergodicity @nntaleb @ole_b_peters https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaneerbaryam\/status\/1031216346095386624 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:30 AM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Traditionally, learned pple & erudites have voiced contempt for the half-read or semi-learned, such as journo @JonahNRO, never for the non-read person of action. Semi-learned pple s.a. Goldberg resemble cars with two wheels missing. You are much better off walking. https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonahNRO\/status\/1031157357991092224 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:32 AM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Skin in the game in Lebanese proverbs: bil 7ikam l-L\u00e9bn\u00e9niyy\u00e9: + Ma bi7\u00e9kkak illa difrak + S2al mjarr\u00e9b wla tes2al 7akim + Ghalt\u00e9t l-shater 2alf ghalta (shater hown = “khabir”) + Kill shi rkhis ghal\u00e9 + Iza ma k\u00e9br\u00e9t ma-z\u00e9ghr\u00e9t (nonlinearity) Permalink<\/a> 7:03 AM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 2) Here is @Michael_Spagat, @sapinker’s support, pestering us for data in order to find “flaws”… doesn’t understand the stochasticity of sample correlation, which inspired this talk. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D6CxfBMUf1o&frags=pl%2Cwn <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:53 AM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 1) There is something green about “quant” @Michael_Spagat and this paper (cont) https:\/\/twitter.com\/sapinker\/status\/1029092945088131072 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:51 AM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Addition https:\/\/twitter.com\/ionlyshort\/status\/1031131593748959232 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:56 AM – 19 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Nice to meet twitter friends in person https:\/\/twitter.com\/imleslahdin\/status\/1030878532891815936 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:14 AM – 18 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A lot of antiwar people in DC… pic.twitter.com\/uzXh7vIvUF<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:17 AM – 18 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@trishankkarthik .@nntaleb at #RonPaul! pic.twitter.com\/xc1MfQvoxJ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 8:52 AM – 18 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@ggreenwald Almost 100,000 people re-tweeted @JohnBrennan moronically & recklessly accusing Trump of *treason* for his Helsinki press conference, only for him now to casually admit it wasn’t & deny he said it. Brennan is a pathological liar, a torture advocate, a killer & a #Resistance icon: https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1030842945333805056 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:49 AM – 18 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@SocratesSophia @nntaleb thanks for publicly resisting Monsanto before anyone mainstream did. Thanks also for resisting over educated close minds with their own academic languagem You’ve exemplified courage and now the tide is turning in your favour. Also, God is important. Thank you!! Permalink<\/a> 4:26 AM – 18 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@SocratesSophia9 @nntaleb thanks for publicly resisting Monsanto before anyone mainstream did. Thanks also for resisting over educated close minds with their own academic languagem You’ve exemplified courage and now the tide is turning in your favour. Also, God is important. Thank you!! Permalink<\/a> 4:26 AM – 18 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb (I don\u2019t like to see my own books in ky library) Permalink<\/a> 12:37 PM – 17 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Unfortunately, in my own house, I can\u2019t display my own books… https:\/\/twitter.com\/larsgrossmith\/status\/1030502501089390592 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:50 AM – 17 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally! The Black Swan man is about Bitcoin. (still that waist is that of a dance instructor) https:\/\/twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1030414802928263168 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:52 AM – 17 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@yaneerbaryam Dynamics of Complex Systems pages 131-2: Time histories of stochastic dynamical systems (Surprise: they are equivalent to equilibrium ensembles, but unusual ones). pic.twitter.com\/lASoDK0LmO<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:56 AM – 17 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Bayer: investors coming out of denial, slowly realizing that GMOs are the scam of the century. pic.twitter.com\/z4eQHBGFR6<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:47 AM – 17 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@spyrosmakrid ML METHODS AND FORECASTING Two interesting reports discuss AI\/ML and their relevance to real life problems https:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/ideas\/why-we-need-to-think-differently-about-ai?utm_medium=email&utm_source=topic+optin&utm_campaign=awareness&utm_content=20180813+ai+nl&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpZME5EWmxOV1UwTURKbSIsInQiOiJ0cnRsZkgrdzBsZk93dkpSXC9ZWXdNendLQVRQQzQzRXp2OEsxbkFBOUZCVnpKdkdGK3h3UUNteTE1aE5OQWdxcEJqUVJ1c3MzeUV1SHFzM3ZxOEVPM21VOG5RRFlrcXNTZzdDSTNJVytYcUFcL2c0YXVVVStnK1pSZGtydGxNdzlvIn0%3D <\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/www.stateof.ai\/ <\/a>\u00a0 These reports confirm our papers about the poor performance of ML models http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0194889 <\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0169207018300785 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:03 AM – 17 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb While Monsanto can lobby in DC, bully, soft-bribe & manipulate regulators, and intimidate & smears scientists (like yours truly), Bayer as a foreign-owned corporation can’t easily do so. Bayer lost ~20% since the Monsanto trial (another 4% today). pic.twitter.com\/JqLLX7L8Gg<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:47 PM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb If, in some wealthy communities, you run into people who look like cousins, it is more probable that they use the same plastic surgeon. Permalink<\/a> 10:36 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Some mathematics behind the simulation. pic.twitter.com\/6CHV2V8hD5<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:17 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mathematical Finance Du Jour. Where I show how a power law mimics stochastic volatility. pic.twitter.com\/h4GjdYlsHW<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:09 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@RobertKennedyJr Wow! #Monsanto loses another court case over its widely used weed killer. #MonsantoTrial https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/news\/article\/Monsanto-loses-another-court-case-over-its-widely-13159459.php <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:06 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Does someone have data on the longevity of airline pilots (jet engine). We have data for flight attendants & radiation therapists, but pilots have 1) lower load, 2) aren’t allowed to take sleeping pills. cc:@Mangan150 @GuruAnaerobic @MichaelSagnerMD https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mangan150\/status\/1011244554622676992 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:02 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb During Roman times, children’s educators were usually slaves. Nothing has changed. The principal thing a slave can teach children is how to not be free and make the best of it. In other words, how to think like a slave. Gabish? https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewAckerman\/status\/1030083875756814336 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:34 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Getting ready to go to the city with the highest density of rent seekers, to deliver a lecktchur on hidden rent seeking & the effect on systemic risk. Will also talk about regulatory recapture: Monsanto owns the EPA\/FDA but NOT the court system; how common law is robust. https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonPaul\/status\/1022942029184163841 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:59 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb There is something irremediably sad at an atheist’s funeral. Permalink<\/a> 5:13 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And no, most humans do NOT want to be liberated from monotonous tasks, except for (parts of) the weekend. Most want the soothing predictability of a schedule, even those who call themselves “adventurers”. Permalink<\/a> 5:02 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Routine is effortless. Most humans, alas, prefer to expend physical, never intellectual energy. Creating requires much, much more effort. https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackdcowling\/status\/1030058263193300993 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:55 AM – 16 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The boss: Antonio. pic.twitter.com\/TzSBNrRoZV<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:07 PM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Squid Ink, finally. California looks Mediterranean, ma non \u00e8 la cosa reale. Nova York looks nonMed, but it\u2019s just an accident of geography. pic.twitter.com\/6ZV8h18Xqt<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:01 PM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@The_Cyrenian While the ignorant masses were busy watching Obama dance on Ellen and crack jokes on Jimmy Fallon, my fellow Syrian Christians and I were suffering at the hands of #Obama and #Hillary’s genocidal foreign-policy: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/15\/world\/middleeast\/syria-isis-assyrian-christians.html <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:42 PM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The counter coup-d’etat is completed. https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/436054-trump-revokes-cia-brennan-clearance\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:25 PM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Any work you do in the comfort of a routine risks being taken over by a robot. Permalink<\/a> 12:30 PM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The answer to Maestro Bogomolny who has time to critique it in Heaven: Finally found the probabilistic interpretation: the Cantelli bound. pic.twitter.com\/5iFOE4yuiO<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:44 AM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ole, nobody ever broke a mafia & rent-seeking clubs by being “generous and kind”! Nudgeboys Thaler & Sunstein feel entitled to manipulate citizens, increasing tail risk! Sunstein wants to prevent citizens from knowing if food has GMOs When you go, go for the jugular! Permalink<\/a> 10:13 AM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@DrMichaelBonner I owe all my academic success to the squat and the deadlift: https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrontiersIn\/status\/1006064896453349376 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:06 AM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I\u2019m out of here. pic.twitter.com\/jTGwJ95HEt<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:54 AM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The cult of the youth (by the youth) results from an elementary logical fallacy. If 90% of successful innovations come from the young, less than 1\/1000 of innovations by youth work. Statistically, youth correlates w\/mediocrity, sloth, physical weakness, & lack of creativity. Permalink<\/a> 5:00 AM – 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Computational irreducibility: by @stephen_wolfram , explains why the consequences of some stuff like GMOs cannot be understood the way Monsanto claims… https:\/\/twitter.com\/complexity_labs\/status\/1029110374937911296 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:13 PM – 14 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb And (aggressively) vegetarian. Permalink<\/a> 8:21 PM – 14 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb San Francisco: tatooed millennials with the wrong type of attitude problem, overcrowding in overpriced tenements. Permalink<\/a> 7:44 PM – 14 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@Decafquest \u201cAs for scholars, I respect their labour and have drawn great benefits from it, but the fact is that at the banquet of philosophy they are neither the cooks nor the gourmets but the waiters that run between the two.\u201d – Bryan Magee #skininthegame #philosophy #academia Permalink<\/a> 2:27 PM – 14 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@GMWatch Corruption of science by the agrochemical industry: #Monsanto flooded scientific journals with ghostwritten articles https:\/\/www.gmwatch.org\/en\/news\/latest-news\/18408-the-monsanto-papers-poisoning-the-scientific-well <\/a>\u00a0 New peer-reviewed source details Monsanto’s deceptive activities ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/W6QaY06ZdB”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/W6QaY06ZdB Permalink<\/a> 7:28 AM – 14 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb At the core of what pple are not getting (from @ole_b_peters expl.) is that making $110 vs losing $100 with 50% probability is not a state-space issue, but part of a sequential procedure dynamically repeated over time, with required edge (here $5) changing as one makes or loses. Permalink<\/a> 5:41 AM – 14 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb SEMITIC PHILOLOGY DU JOUR “mni7” in Lebanese, meaning “fine”, does not seem to come from the Arabic \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062d\u064f: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0637\u0627\u0621 (grant), rather from from the Aramaic “peaceful”,”content”, Heb \u05de\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d7\u05b7 (unless I am mistaken, cc:@Jonassibony ) pic.twitter.com\/cGqIxhSpAn<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:30 AM – 13 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The powerful thing about this inequality is that, for finite samples Xs= {X_1, X_2,…,X_n}, w\/average m, n odd (for small samples) and Xi copies of X drawn from ANY probability distribution in R, not even IID, E((Xs-m)^2)>Median(Xs)^2, even if all moments of X are infinite! Permalink<\/a> 7:23 AM – 13 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally started a math “blog”. There are incomplete problems by @CutTheKnotMath. cc:@SvetlanaBogom13, @gcfr20, @mikeandallie, @long, @octonion, etc. https:\/\/fattailsandotherissues.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/13\/maestro-bogomolnys-last-quiz\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 5:46 AM – 13 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Where some aspects of the point are fleshed out https:\/\/medium.com\/incerto\/the-logic-of-risk-taking-107bf41029d3 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:32 AM – 13 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Why Nudge and Behavioral Economics are PseudoScience, a summary pic.twitter.com\/oMkd1IMQq4<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:28 AM – 13 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Ole Peters quietly informing nudgeboy @R_Thaler that his understanding of his own subject matter (probabilistic decision making) is highly deficient. https:\/\/twitter.com\/ole_b_peters\/status\/1028916116507246593 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:08 AM – 13 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Mr @teppofelin, one never debates a bulls***ter. Permalink<\/a> 4:50 PM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@primalpoly We\u2019re recruiting subjects aged 18+ for a psychology study on religious art. It\u2019s an online survey that takes about 45 minutes. It includes ratings and memory tests for about 90 religious images. If interested, please go to https:\/\/esurvey.unm.edu\/opinio\/s?s=93060 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:04 PM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb About 6 y ago, a B-School prof, @teppofelin, BS vendor type, couldn’t get #Antifragile & was nasty about it. He was teaching “entrepreneurship” while being on a salary. Academics don’t notice these things. Permalink<\/a> 4:00 PM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You are more likely to change your mind from a bad argument from someone on your initial side than a good argument from someone on the other side. Permalink<\/a> 2:28 PM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@Lentejitas These are some of @nntaleb’s Black Swans ;-) Have a good night! pic.twitter.com\/PBhoPBkwl9<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:29 PM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb For some reason B-School Profs (living on charities) think they are smarter (less “irrational”) than real world risk takers when they are clueless about the math (ergodicity+fat tails). Flaws by finance prof (@WGoetzmann) who think TBS is an “airport book” pic.twitter.com\/ilxSy4GqEx<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:04 PM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Next step: Business Schools; ban teaching by nonpractitioners. https:\/\/twitter.com\/doshijatin\/status\/1028689718140174336 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:20 AM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@EdLatimore “Ironically, by being beggars, they had the equivalent of ‘f*** you money’, which we can more easily get by being at the lowest rung than by joining the income-dependent classes.” @nntaleb, Skin in The Game Permalink<\/a> 8:30 AM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Posted TECHNICAL INCERTO, VOL 1: THE STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF FAT TAILS (~300 pages) https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/37221402\/TECHNICAL_INCERTO_VOL_1_THE_STATISTICAL_CONSEQUENCES_OF_FAT_TAILS?s=t <\/a>\u00a0 via @academia Permalink<\/a> 7:14 AM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Our planet has many more trees than 35 years ago! Looks like people notice deforestation, but not reforestation. Media & UN reports by self serving bureaucrats who want to “solve” your problems. ALWAYS get stuff by systematic analysis, NEVER piecemeal observations. pic.twitter.com\/6a8uEj7iPM<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 5:04 AM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@BLebnene Localism \u2260 Nationalism @nntaleb L maxalliye \u2260 l \u00e7awmiyye https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1002949896209600512 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 2:39 AM – 12 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@KenDBerryMD Retweet if you think we need Nassim Taleb to help us straighten out medical\/nutrition research!!! Permalink<\/a> 6:43 PM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb I am very rude to *high status* people who are rude to waiters\/waitresses. Usually twice as rude. Sometimes three times, just to make sure. You cannot believe how many pple on the “left” are rude to waiters, as they feel their “mission” insulates them from humans #Skininthegame https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsBlaireWhite\/status\/1027976344569704448 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:15 PM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@BLebnene \u00c7ahammiyet l kit\u00e9b\u00e9 bel lebn\u00e9n\u00e9, video la Nassim Taleb: #lebanese #lebnene https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ejHYQ4ihgI <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:58 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@black_swan_man Page 10… #blackswanman #theblackswanman #ludicfallacy #antifragile #infinitegames #daoofcapital pic.twitter.com\/vIMigj3S05<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:16 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb That\u2019s next https:\/\/twitter.com\/ocrashad\/status\/1028323587092930560?s=21 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:07 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmwatch\/status\/1028316002415792128?s=21 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:05 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@M_Gauche \u201cWe define \u201crude\u201d less by the words used than by the status of the recipient.\u201d – @nntaleb Permalink<\/a> 8:21 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You lower *regulatory recapture* by having fewer regulations (as w\/medication: only when the court\/tort system doesn’t help). Put skin into the game of corporations. ( Pple hearing my shouts when the news hit wondered what soccer game I was following) https:\/\/twitter.com\/WaqasHaque411\/status\/1028266120648843264 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 6:42 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@JohnMinehan1 Which is Nicholas Nassim Taleb’s point . . . . https:\/\/twitter.com\/2peterharris\/status\/1028235466036969472 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:28 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@Decafquest ma2al zghir katabto 3an 2este3mel l lebnene ka legha maktoobe. Shu ra2yak? @nntaleb #lebanese #lebanon #lebnene https:\/\/medium.com\/@mahmoud.rasmi\/bel-lebnene-5cc091b0c9fc <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 4:12 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This nightmare “Chased by Monsanto” (from @black_swan_man) is over. Now time for payback. I mean find the *individuals* involved. pic.twitter.com\/cAQPK3KEN0<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:20 AM – 11 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Sweet victory…. It is particularly powerful that the legal system (torts) protects citizens, while regulators are in collusion w\/industry: the EPA\/FDA let Monsanto ghostwrite their rules. Regulators are bribed by industry as they get hired later as payback. #SkinInTheGame Permalink<\/a> 5:55 PM – 10 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb They didn’t just lose a case. They lost another 100. Now I will go after the shills who contacted NYU. Permalink<\/a> 3:29 PM – 10 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb CHAMPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGNE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Monsanto lost the trial. It is not about Glyphosate. It’s that the manipulation of science by corporations, the bullying of scientists does not pay! https:\/\/twitter.com\/careygillam\/status\/1028039905471950849 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:26 PM – 10 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@OpenSecretsDC OpenSecrets searchable ‘Foreign Lobby Watch’ database makes it easier than ever to browse through disclosures related to foreign influence in the US: http:\/\/crp.org\/faraw <\/a>\u00a0 ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/B2dLWFBz6t”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/B2dLWFBz6t Permalink<\/a> 10:58 AM – 10 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@PenguinVerlag In welcher Welt leben wir \u2013 was meint ihr? @nntaleb verr\u00e4t uns seine Sicht in \u00bbDas Risiko und sein Preis\u00ab. Ab 27.08. erh\u00e4ltlich: http:\/\/bit.ly\/DasRisikoundseinPreis <\/a>\u00a0 #SkinintheGame ” target=”_blank”>http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/HoHIHr28uq”> <\/a>\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/HoHIHr28uq Permalink<\/a> 6:17 AM – 10 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@alessabocchi Can someone check if the NYT has recently taken any funds from Saudi Arabia? https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1027585342029918213 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 1:41 PM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@georgemacgill Today I Learnt: WITTGENSTEIN\u2019S RULER Don\u2019t just use your beliefs to measure reality, but also use reality to measure your beliefs. If the IDIOT keeps getting it right, it might not be them who is the idiot @nntaleb pic.twitter.com\/zQPHIH2Oc3<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:38 PM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb What Saudi Barbaria is doing to Canada is simple signaling: to show other states what\u2019s in store if they criticize their human rights. The problem of course … Permalink<\/a> 11:37 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb You may use his Lebanese dictionary and write in social media script (3al 3ad\u00e9). My opinion is that an Ataturk style precise top-down alphabet is not necessary. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ejHYQ4ihgI&t=3s&frags=pl%2Cwn <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 11:06 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@holland_tom I remember in the summer of 2014 the eyes of the world being so fixed on Gaza \u2013 where, brutal though the conflict was, no genocide was remotely being attempted \u2013 that it pretty much ignored Sinjar, where the Yazidis were absolutely the targets of genocide. https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetimes\/status\/1027438325769101319 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:47 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb So effectively, thanks to Roger Makhluf, Lebanese ceased to be a dialect on Aug 8, 2018. Permalink<\/a> 9:30 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@UnSubtleDesi [Archives] Economists bullshit for a living : \u2066@nntaleb\u2069 gives Kaushik Basu a lesson on \u2018Skin in the Game\u2019 http:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2018\/04\/economists-bullshit-for-a-living-nn-taleb-gives-kaushik-basu-a-lesson-on-skin-in-the-game\/ <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:29 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Finally, A Lebanese-English dictionary\/Lexicon. 630 pages! (Arabists won’t like it) https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lebanese-English-Lexicon-Rojee-Makluuf-ebook\/dp\/B07G9PJTQ2\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533825238&sr=8-1&keywords=Rojee+makluuf&dpID=31gqiw2AeiL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:36 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@baielala “Almost all those caught making a logical fallacy interpret it as a ‘disagreement’.” – @nntaleb https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B8nhAlfIk3QIODdHYl95d1dWNE0\/edit <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:25 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb We are prone to epidemics of fallacies (scientism, universalism, academism, psychosociologism, stateworshipism), but not epidemics of wisdom, as nature filters out those with bad immune system. Permalink<\/a> 5:34 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The NYT needs to sell more and more subscriptions to stay in the same place. Concave growth. (The rise in stock price was largely due to the maahket’s.) Indeed, this is a dying business. Unethical journalism doesn’t pay. pic.twitter.com\/n0a50DQ0LP<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:14 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Financial Maahkets aren’t fooled by the NYT “growth” story: + Close to saturation for digital subscriptions ~(40% from crossword puzzles!), now < logarithmic. + Rev. growth is not good. Ain’t a tech company! + The “Anti-Trump” strategy deligitimizes long term. https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterbakernyt\/status\/1027181710419607558 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 3:31 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@NonMeek Here\u2019s my contribution to this thread. As a cartoonist my main challenge is to simplify any issue as much as possible without losing any of the meaning. I hope I succeeded in that with this comic strip. #LifeExpectancy #Math pic.twitter.com\/aut5o1o46k<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:21 AM – 9 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@ClarkeMicah Still maundering, Professor? Amazed by my own magnanimity, I am *still* offering you the chance to withdraw the foolish defamatory statement which you are incapable of substantiating. Come on, man, do what you need to do. https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottlucas_ea\/status\/1027304494680432641 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:55 PM – 8 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@ClarkeMicah Still maundering, Professor? Amazed by my own magnanimity, I am *still* offering you the chance to withdraw the foolish defamatory statement which you are incapable of substantiating. Come on, man, do what you need to do. https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottLucas_EA\/status\/1027304494680432641 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 10:55 PM – 8 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb When your company is public you become the slave\/depend on the opinion of the most clueless but vocal journalist, say @BretStephensNYT. No matter how rich, you never have f*** you money. Go private; f*** them. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tesla\/status\/1026912973120462848 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 9:06 PM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The point as presented 20 year ago in Fooled by Randomness. pic.twitter.com\/kEupc0Emn0<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:10 PM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb This is the offending statement. It is not whether the number is true or false, it is that the REASONING is false. pic.twitter.com\/AXRb2kA9pg<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:31 PM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The correct (evolutionary) way to see what happens is: +Life expectancy while reaching full (socially accepted) reproductive age, i.e. ~15-25. Which will be much higher: In the previous example it would be 67. So childhood mortality removed 27 years of “average” life exp! Permalink<\/a> 12:14 PM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Simply, if 40% died in childbirth (or very young, which is about historical number), 50% died at 60, and 10% died at 92, the “average” life expectation would be ~40. Childhood mortalily hugely skews the average. Permalink<\/a> 12:04 PM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Thread of pple on twitter who understand statistics (and the notion of average) much much better than the @nytimes : life expectancy = 40 means a lot of infant mortality, not that people didn’t live long. Please, please, please avoid the NY Times. Please. https:\/\/twitter.com\/owenezell\/status\/1026789999629484033 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 8:54 AM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb 3500 years of Phoenician wine pic.twitter.com\/U2ZMQY3wsm<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:03 AM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Now a disclaimer: one greatgrandmother and one great great grandmother are from Douma. (Douma is Greek Orthodox\/Melkite) Permalink<\/a> 4:52 AM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The surrounding gorges. Douma\u2019s advantage is that it is out of the way and on the local top of a mountain; no ski no nonsense. pic.twitter.com\/2937ddCftZ<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 4:24 AM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Tomb ~ 600 (priest of the goddess of health) pic.twitter.com\/GKFFVviKHA<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:28 AM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Douma, most beautiful village both architecturally and scenically. Former Byzantine health spot. Church built in 1610. pic.twitter.com\/DvMve2Gj7v<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 3:23 AM – 7 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Turned out the main beneficiaries of fossil fuel were the trees: people used to log for cooking\/heating. At least until now. Permalink<\/a> 11:26 PM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Even if one accepts risk aversion, it doesn’t work the way nudgeboy @R_Thaler thinks it does. pic.twitter.com\/Swdu4yUnV9<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:16 PM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The vicious thing in @josephinequinn’s Vox article is that she doesn’t flatly deny that Phoenicians existed; she just packages her anachronistic argument (absence of passport & flag-style national “identity”) to make you believe that they never existed. Shoddy. Permalink<\/a> 2:31 PM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb More than 5,500 years https:\/\/twitter.com\/richmcgaha\/status\/1026547483462139904 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:57 PM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb The cartoonist understands my language ( “myopic bureaucrat imbeciles” ) but doesn’t get that a thin waist is not for weightlifters. https:\/\/twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1026297804648525826 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:01 PM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@sidpathak92 What a Saudi govt handle tweeted before deleting. But sure it is the Persians who are the enemy. @nntaleb pic.twitter.com\/i7VCgqeWfU<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 10:18 AM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@RogerCremades How do #rigidity traps work in #socio-#ecological #systems? Amazingly, this comics explains it with pristine clarity. I congratulate @black_swan_man & @nntaleb. More on rigidity traps, the #adaptivecycle, risks, insurance and climate change here https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-017-0044-2.epdf?author_access_token=ba94udDKN3bSyWKsBb_MotRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PqLfoL8EXoMy7UUI3hBF7YmO2O68NxhD7gHhYj07eiUujlnPShfbXLDBBFLWmtEilUAjHdpztO6tX-E8oMp4VMjRrrbhToNEIA4yRz0mpXcg%3D%3D <\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/twitter.com\/black_swan_man\/status\/1026297804648525826 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 7:11 AM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@thackerpd Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as Invasive Species http:\/\/www.aiscience.org\/journal\/paperInfo\/jepsd?paperId=3925 <\/a>\u00a0 You’ll never see any #GMO promoting journalist discuss this paper, because the only thing they yammer about is “#GMO products are safe to consume, so end of story.” Permalink<\/a> 5:24 AM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Why did the Crisis happen? This is from my testimony, what Obama’s bureaucrats did not want to report. (Also I withdrew the paper from a journal owing to stupid comments by referee, republished elsewhere) pic.twitter.com\/kB6gWX7De5<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 12:39 AM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Turned out, @realDavidGal has shown, “Risk Aversion” is a fiction. https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/why-the-most-important-idea-in-behavioral-decision-making-is-a-fallacy\/?sf194849524=1 <\/a>\u00a0 https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/901472828310114304 <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:26 AM – 6 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@ziadaboujamra @nntaleb The view from Dhour El Choueir yesterday. Green indeed! pic.twitter.com\/UpWvZA1YbS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 11:10 PM – 5 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@black_swan_man Page 9… #blackswanman #theblackswanman #yellowstoneeffect #wildfire #endthefed #daoofcapital #antifragile pic.twitter.com\/sB6VKLR3Q2<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 7:43 PM – 5 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@SamuelGWalters Alexander Bogomolny liked inequalities, so here is one on his behalf. (I came across it while doing estimate calculations.) @CutTheKnotMath @nntaleb @SvetlanaBogom13 #math #FunFact pic.twitter.com\/sICzlqaXwS<\/a> Permalink<\/a> 1:53 PM – 5 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb A lot of docs written in Phoenician were lost, but a lot of Phoenicians wrote in lingua franca later (Greek) as was the norm in Levant after 3nd Century BC, same as Indians writing in English now. Does it make Josephus count as non Jewish? Permalink<\/a> 1:26 PM – 5 Aug 2018<\/p>\n

@nntaleb Lack of skin in the game. (Photo taken before heavy deadlifting phase) https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/nassim-taleb-no-one-who-caused-the-crisis-paid-any-price-vbj2lzc6d <\/a>\u00a0 Permalink<\/a> 12:24 PM – 5 Aug 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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