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There are two "Nassim Taleb's" out in the world. Taleb the academic and Taleb the pop-culture author and their writing styles are completely different. The for
by dagw 7y ago
There are two "Nassim Taleb's" out in the world. Taleb the academic and Taleb the pop-culture author and their writing styles are completely different. The former actually tries to make a coherent argument while the latter is basically competing with Gladwell to sell as many books as possible and gives zero fucks that not all his arguments stand up to scrutiny. Perhaps that is Taleb's attempt at being Antifragile.
- chiefalchemist 7y ago> " gives zero fucks that not all his arguments stand up to scrutiny." Gives zero fucks his arguments are not arguments at all. What a shame. Yeah Gladwell. Comes up with a theory, then cherry-picks for studies that support it, but never mentions anything that doesn't.
- andreilys 7y agoSeems like a pretty wide sweeping generalization to say his arguments are not arguments at all. What is your specific bone to pick with Taleb?
- chiefalchemist 7y agoI was commenting on the comment, and rephrasing a bit for accuracy. That is, if you're being selective about the facts you present and you're not concerned about how solid your position is as a result, then you're not making an argument. Your intellectual laziness should not be rewarded. Ultimately, you're just spewing bullshit, and in many cases just trying to use to reputation as a (cheap) substitute for truth and fact. Again, such intellectual laziness should not be rewarded. I'm not sure why we're grown so tolerant and accepting of what so often amounts to raw bullshit.