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Taleb does not accept/understand the criticism, and has posted some more mathiness and crude insults as a "response" would be another interpretation

• newtrader 11y ago
  Taleb response is not rude unlike Merberg https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/624767423049269249 https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/624767423049269249 reply
  • dvanduzer 11y ago
    If you're going to create an account just to stan for Taleb, then please offer a little bit more substance in your comments. Deconstructing the Precautionary Principle is not "misinterpreting" PP. The entire notion of "mathiness" put forth by the author is that PP is too wiggly, and thus open to whatever vague interpretation is convenient. That is the meat of what Merberg is saying, and handwaving it away isn't an argument.
    • pointeroffact 11y ago
      the person you are talking to is taleb himself. he pops up all over the internet when he is criticized and gives these very... terse responses.
      • dvanduzer 11y ago
        says... another account created just to comment on this issue. I put my foot in my mouth all the time, but I put my name to it. Taleb is interesting. Are you saying that the other account is literally Taleb, and that he's known for astroturfing campaigns? I wouldn't discard such a proposition, but I'd prefer hearing it from someone non-anonymous. (For all I know, you're just an account created to extend the thread.)