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Nassim Taleb, the author of Fooled by Randomness and the Black Swan, is a fan of Popper.
by melling 8y ago
Nassim Taleb, the author of Fooled by Randomness and the Black Swan, is a fan of Popper.
- mulligan 8y ago> Popper abhorred philosophers who argue that scientists adhere to theories for cultural and political rather than rational reasons.
- coldtea 8y agoWell, he might abhorred them, but he was empirically wrong in tons of cases on the matter.
- PKop 8y agoAn excerpt of his thoughts on this subject, very interesting to contemplate the political implications of this: "The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority" [0] [0] https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dict... "...Clearly can democracy –by definition the majority — tolerate enemies? The question is as follows: “ Would you agree to deny the freedom of speech to every political party that has in its charter the banning the freedom of speech?” Let’s go one step further, “Should a society that has elected to be tolerant be intolerant about intolerance?”
- pvitz 8y agoAnd so is also Popper's student George Soros.