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> Nassim Taleb called him an “imbecile”. This is why I disgust this Taleb guy: he usually has good insights but defends them with the worst arguments. Or no ar
by diego_moita 6y ago
> Nassim Taleb called him an “imbecile”.
This is why I disgust this Taleb guy: he usually has good insights but defends them with the worst arguments. Or no arguments at all.
I felt his "Black Swan" book is a very good idea stretched into hundreds of pages of arrogance and condescendence.
- DrOctagon 6y ago100% agree on Black Swan. Taleb sure loves Taleb.
- lindy2021 6y ago“To figure out if someone is an idiot, call him an idiot and check if he gets upset.” It’s intentional: https://mobile.twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1297163095341699072 https://mobile.twitter.com/nntaleb/status/129716309534169907...
- nickkell 6y agoHis reply to his own tweet is hilarious. He's playing chess whilst we're all playing checkers
- ckastner 6y agoI don't recall Taleb calling others idiots much in his book. I do recall Taleb admiring himself, though. A lot.
- sonthonax 6y agoHe’s just a pathological narcissist that functionally aliterate traders think is a philosopher. His books are mostly unoriginal fluff that could be expressed in a few pages.
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- conistonwater 6y agoI wonder if there is maybe some other, easier, way of checking if someone's an idiot.
- thinkharderdev 6y agoThis seems transparently ridiculous coming from someone as famously thin-skinned and pugnacious as Taleb.