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I totally agree with your summary, but to be fair to Taleb "absorbent barrier" is a real term from the study of Markov Chains. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma
by OscarCunningham 9y ago
I totally agree with your summary, but to be fair to Taleb "absorbent barrier" is a real term from the study of Markov Chains. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain#Absorbing_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain#Absorbing_states)
- freyir 9y agoThe term is absorbing barrier. Synonymous words, but nobody says absorbent barrier.
- OscarCunningham 9y agoThe original audio isn't actually good enough to tell which of these he's saying.
- bllguo 9y agoEven then, he did twist 'absorbing states' into the basically unused "absorbent barrier." It's good you brought up Markov chains; I can't believe they haven't been mentioned in the article or the comments