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Nassim Taleb is dense, but not in the way you mean...New Yorker-level hand-wavy, extreme generalizations, OMG the horror of how stupid everyone else is...but if
by RockyMcNuts 12y ago
Nassim Taleb is dense, but not in the way you mean...New Yorker-level hand-wavy, extreme generalizations, OMG the horror of how stupid everyone else is...but if you can get past the pompous jackassery it is true there is much to be learned from him.
- m0th87 12y agoIt's interesting that you critique Taleb's broad generalizations, and then typecast him as a handy-wavy New Yorker at the same time.
- Marazan 12y agoTaleb starts The Black Swan by criticisng people for using anecdotes to justify their position. He then uses a series of anecdotes to justify his position. As far as I could tell this wasn't done as some kind of meta-commentary on anecdotes - just a massive lack of self-awareness
- dsrguru 12y agoThe parent was almost certainly referring to the publication the New Yorker.