Taleb 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

Taleb 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