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Mon Dec 21 16:55:58 UTC 2015 <asciilifeform> taleb makes wolfram look sane
Mon Dec 21 16:53:56 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> i got more ego than taleb damnit.
Mon Dec 21 16:40:15 UTC 2015 <asciilifeform> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=21-12-2015#1349134 << i like taleb's www and find it hard to disagree with his conclusions, but i simply cannot stomach his books. tried many times. reading his b00kz feels quite like having a titanic atomic cock shoved in your mouth; of such gargantuan proportions that it blots out the sun, moon, stars.
Mon Dec 21 16:40:15 UTC 2015 <assbot> Logged on 21-12-2015 06:14:47; pete_dushenski: Nassim Nicholas Taleb: ""We're not all famous authors". This is a type of smart ass easy comment only a bitter loser makes. In addition, it has a logical fallacy. Did it hit you that I have only been a "famous author" part of my life? Did it also hit you that it also applies to employment in general?"
Mon Dec 21 09:29:36 UTC 2015 <assbot> Logged on 21-12-2015 06:14:11; pete_dushenski: Nassim Nicholas Taleb: "Another piece of advice. Use an office only when it is strictly necessary. An office dulls the mind, invites cosmetic and circular work, and allows metastatic projects to take over."
Mon Dec 21 06:14:47 UTC 2015 <pete_dushenski> Nassim Nicholas Taleb: ""We're not all famous authors". This is a type of smart ass easy comment only a bitter loser makes. In addition, it has a logical fallacy. Did it hit you that I have only been a "famous author" part of my life? Did it also hit you that it also applies to employment in general?"
Mon Dec 21 06:14:11 UTC 2015 <pete_dushenski> Nassim Nicholas Taleb: "Another piece of advice. Use an office only when it is strictly necessary. An office dulls the mind, invites cosmetic and circular work, and allows metastatic projects to take over."
Fri Dec 18 05:01:08 UTC 2015 <renart> but you know your taleb and tail risk right?
Fri Dec 11 07:25:33 UTC 2015 <assbot> Logged on 10-12-2015 17:16:26; mircea_popescu: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-12-2015#1340205 << from http://violentmetaphors.com/2015/08/14/good-science-communication-means-never-calling-them-retard-even-if-youre-nassim-taleb/ and do we actually know taleb's NOT reading b-a ?
Thu Dec 10 17:17:42 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> "Taleb has been kicking up the dust lately on Facebook and Twitter, encouraging his readers to not even listen to people who disagree with his beliefs about GMOs." << apparently encouraging readers to not erven listen to people who know better than to buy in the "rape" narrative, or the "global warming" narrative is a-ok. the problems only start when power exists unalligned to the usg, then the means are VERY BAD!!11
Thu Dec 10 17:16:59 UTC 2015 <ascii_field> herr taleb, iirc, is self-funded, says whatever the fuck he pleases
Thu Dec 10 17:16:28 UTC 2015 <assbot> Good science communication means never calling them “retard” – even if you’re Nassim Taleb – Violent metaphors ... ( http://bit.ly/1IWyPKC )
Thu Dec 10 17:16:26 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=10-12-2015#1340205 << from http://violentmetaphors.com/2015/08/14/good-science-communication-means-never-calling-them-retard-even-if-youre-nassim-taleb/ and do we actually know taleb's NOT reading b-a ?
Thu Dec 10 17:16:26 UTC 2015 <assbot> Logged on 10-12-2015 08:07:31; pete_dushenski: "Taleb’s tantrum is reprehensible, but at the end of the day it’s his own business whether he is willing to listen to actual experts. He does more harm by setting a bad example. He’s not just refusing to engage opposing opinions himself, he’s encouraging his readers and followers to do it too"
Thu Dec 10 08:10:21 UTC 2015 <pete_dushenski> "By trying to disqualify everyone who disagrees with him from civilized debate, Taleb and those who follow his tactics merely disqualify themselves." << bwahaha who's disqualified again ? oh, that's right, it's 'the people', 'us', 'we', (women), etc.
Thu Dec 10 08:09:10 UTC 2015 <assbot> Good science communication means never calling them “retard” – even if you’re Nassim Taleb – Violent metaphors ... ( http://bit.ly/1IWyPKC )
Thu Dec 10 08:08:56 UTC 2015 <pete_dushenski> "This isn’t just bad manners, it’s destructive. Taleb is intentionally tearing down the kind of back-and-forth conversations that are critical to helping laypeople (like himself) form educated opinions about the safety of GMOs and other scientific subjects. And he’s doing with ugly, personal insults that demonize the other side of the debate, just because it’s fun. It’s a terrible, foolish strategy." <
Thu Dec 10 08:07:31 UTC 2015 <pete_dushenski> "Taleb’s tantrum is reprehensible, but at the end of the day it’s his own business whether he is willing to listen to actual experts. He does more harm by setting a bad example. He’s not just refusing to engage opposing opinions himself, he’s encouraging his readers and followers to do it too"
Thu Dec 03 18:01:52 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> pete_dushenski taleb will miss out on the only thing he didn'twant to miss out on this life.