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As a counterpoint to this article, I recommend Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Intellectual, Yet Idiot" piece: https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-1
by carsongross 10y ago
As a counterpoint to this article, I recommend Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Intellectual, Yet Idiot" piece:
https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e2d0577#.96um3vb31 https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e...
Elites, heal thyself.
- pdpi 10y agoThat's some top notch ranting. the ad hominem-to-factual argument ratio is through the roof, and the amount of bare assertions is splendid. It's fine if you don't agree with the post, but if that's the case you do your position a disservice by posting this inanity.
- carsongross 10y agoNNT is well worth reading and taking seriously, regardless if you agree with him or not. But yes, he is a master of the rant.
- mst 10y agoI regard Taleb as a useful source of "possibilities to think about", generally presented in an entertaining way. If you're reading it expecting evidence for said possibilities, then, yes, you'll be disappointed - but this tends to be true of pop sci style writing in general.