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I'm not an economist nor that interested in them, but I did read Nassim Taleb's books* and Kahneman stuck out as one of very few economists Taleb doesn't totall

I'm not an economist nor that interested in them, but I did read Nassim Taleb's books* and Kahneman stuck out as one of very few economists Taleb doesn't totally trash. * I had read Eugene Koonin's "The Logic of Chance" and was then recommended Taleb's books for a more thorough perspective on probability, to apply to Koonin's work.

mgfist 3y ago
Nassim Taleb's opinion of others shouldn't hold much sway - the man is a prick.
- inglor_cz 3y ago
  Taleb really has a high opinion only of himself. A very smart man, but also very self-absorbed.
  - vik0 3y ago
    >Taleb really has a high opinion only of himself That's not true though. I can name at least two other people on whom he has a high opinion (a.k.a he's praised them in his books): Karl Popper and George Soros. There are others as well, but most people here will recognize these people (I assume) so that's why I mentioned them, and admittedly they were the first to pop into my head lol It's true that he's an asshole on X and in his books, while in real life he seems very nice and non-confrontational. He's talked about this in an interview he did with the Guardian I think a few years ago (maybe a decade ago), and if my memory serves me right, he said something to the tune of it being easier to get lost when you're not speaking directly to someone's face and become more rude than usual
- zengid 3y ago
  I thought he was so witty and refreshing when I read AntiFragile (which I will always regard as a masterpiece), but I feel like he's ran out of ideas now and is just complaining about people he doesn't like.
- COGlory 3y ago
  He has an incredible ego, but also seems very self aware.
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malshe 3y ago
I know I am nitpicking but Kahneman was not an economist. He was a cognitive psychologist. In fact he is the only psychologist ever to win a Nobel prize in economics.
- dr_kiszonka 3y ago
  Just to add some context, there is no Noble Prize in psychology.
  - worik 3y ago
    And utterly pedantically there is no Nobel prize in Economics. It is "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" Established in 1968
    - dr_kiszonka 3y ago
      I appreciate the comment.

mgfist 3y ago

Nassim Taleb's opinion of others shouldn't hold much sway - the man is a prick.

inglor_cz 3y ago
Taleb really has a high opinion only of himself. A very smart man, but also very self-absorbed.
- vik0 3y ago
  >Taleb really has a high opinion only of himself That's not true though. I can name at least two other people on whom he has a high opinion (a.k.a he's praised them in his books): Karl Popper and George Soros. There are others as well, but most people here will recognize these people (I assume) so that's why I mentioned them, and admittedly they were the first to pop into my head lol It's true that he's an asshole on X and in his books, while in real life he seems very nice and non-confrontational. He's talked about this in an interview he did with the Guardian I think a few years ago (maybe a decade ago), and if my memory serves me right, he said something to the tune of it being easier to get lost when you're not speaking directly to someone's face and become more rude than usual
zengid 3y ago
I thought he was so witty and refreshing when I read AntiFragile (which I will always regard as a masterpiece), but I feel like he's ran out of ideas now and is just complaining about people he doesn't like.
COGlory 3y ago
He has an incredible ego, but also seems very self aware.

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malshe 3y ago

I know I am nitpicking but Kahneman was not an economist. He was a cognitive psychologist. In fact he is the only psychologist ever to win a Nobel prize in economics.

dr_kiszonka 3y ago
Just to add some context, there is no Noble Prize in psychology.
- worik 3y ago
  And utterly pedantically there is no Nobel prize in Economics. It is "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" Established in 1968
  - dr_kiszonka 3y ago
    I appreciate the comment.