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"Not all that revolutionary for anyone firmly grounded in the real ins and outs of probability" The fact that those familiar with the subject matter do not thi
by geezer 17y ago
"Not all that revolutionary for anyone firmly grounded in the real ins and outs of probability"
The fact that those familiar with the subject matter do not think this is revolutionary is exactly the problem Taleb is pointing to. He is calling it "the great intellectual fraud" for a reason. Domain experts obviously do not believe "intellectual fraud" and "bell curve" should be in the same sentence