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I agree about Silver, and that was kind of my point! Silver knows his shit and is able to communicate it in such a way that the reader actually learns something
by iron0013 8y ago
I agree about Silver, and that was kind of my point! Silver knows his shit and is able to communicate it in such a way that the reader actually learns something. Taleb may or may not know anything, but all he is able to convey to the reader is the impression that they've learned something (however, he is very good at giving the reader an unearned sense of intellectual superiority).
- dmix 8y agoSure but he sounds like a decent scientist to me. While it’s true his organization is very much an entertainment vector rather than a more academic science output, which lowers the bar, that doesn’t necessarily mean the work he’s doing doesn’t have some utility and value. Probably a lot more real value than a typical news outlet these days which pump out garbage at high speeds.