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Taleb is barely this side of being a troll: he has plenty of interesting tidbits to say and is obviously a smart guy, but read enough of his stuff and he's cle
by wutbrodo 8y ago
Taleb is barely this side of being a troll: he has plenty of interesting tidbits to say and is obviously a smart guy, but read enough of his stuff and he's clearly more focused on generating heat instead of light.
If you read through the article, he's not quite making the claim that one might assume from the headline: which is basically that IQ isn't much of a useful or well-defined metric.
- xupybd 8y agoIt did seem like a lot of the article was making claims about the motives of IQ supporters. That seemed like a bit of a red flag to me, that this was more about politics than science (not that either exists without the other). Thanks
- torstenvl 8y agoIn both politics and science, attacking your opponents' motivations is fallacious. The merit of a position should be judged independently of the personal failings of whoever puts it forward.