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@nntaleb

Flaneur, with focus on probability (philosophy), probability (mathematics), probability (logic),probability (reallife), deadlifts, Lebanese wine, dead languages

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  1. 3 hours ago

    Like prevent GMO labeling & steer choices? How long can these psychosophasters manage to fool us?

    agree. Why we favor policies that retain freedom of choice. Help but don't compel.
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  2. 18 hours ago

    I grew up w/Jesuits & is amateur in casuistry.(Changed txt to "=deviation frm desired/prescribed protocol)

    Hahahahaha, yes Jonathan. And this crap in T-S (AER).:
    14 retweets 47 likes
  3. Sep 17

    my belated apologies to and for being an IYI on GMO's a couple months back

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  4. Sep 17

    “The Intellectual Yet Idiot” Added The IYI has been wrong on Stalinism, GMOs, Iraq, Libya, Syria, lobotomies,

    307 retweets 441 likes
  5. Sep 17

    Problem du jour: find general form from sequence for \alpha ={1,2,...,n}

    7 retweets 25 likes
  6. Sep 16

    Max is good. Very good.

    At this rate we're going to have to develop moderate rebels in Syria to fight the moderate rebels fighting us.
    92 retweets 168 likes
  7. In reply to
    Sep 16

    I thank & others for 4-d depth into Extreme Tails w/ pioneers: de Haan,Balkema,Huesler,Eimahl, & chance to discuss my 2 papers.

    5 retweets 26 likes
  8. Sep 16

    The best technology is the one you don't even know is there. hits it on the head

    94 retweets 174 likes
  9. Sep 16

    I am on a plane deriving guilty pleasure reading comments by IYIs (Intellectual Yet Idiots) on the piece abt IYIs.

    I just published “The Intellectual Yet Idiot”
    58 retweets 208 likes
  10. Sep 16

    I just published “The Intellectual Yet Idiot”

    707 retweets 1,040 likes
  11. Sep 16

    The ideological and financial roots of Jihadi terrorism are in Saudi Barbaria.

    Empirically, mitigation isn't working for US Policy, though one could argue we also haven't pulled the roots yet.
    77 retweets 110 likes
  12. Sep 16

    The agro lobby is explicitly targeting researchers. Destroy the lives of lobbyists!

    23 retweets 62 likes
  13. In reply to
    Sep 16

    ימח שמו וזכרו يمحي اسموا و زكروا

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  14. Sep 16

    You should only hit terrorism when the aim is eradication, not mitigation; otherwise they get stronger.

    That would fall under 'No Values'
    204 retweets 292 likes
  15. Sep 15

    If I know something about mergers, it is that they kill the companies, both the acquirer and the acquired.

    The Bayer-Monsanto mega-merger is a disturbing step in the corporate consolidation of our global food supply.
    145 retweets 205 likes
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    Sep 14

    Our turn to make them pay,, w/dividend. Revenge is to be eaten cold. Will help you get shill for the rest of his life.

    6 retweets 18 likes
  17. Sep 14

    Voila: The beginning of the end for GMOs. If you have to shill so much, something is wrong.

    140 retweets 186 likes
  18. Sep 14

    Put on 15lbs weightlifting .

    Taleb speaking about pre-asymptotics. Workshop.
    7 retweets 50 likes
  19. Sep 13

    Socrates most probably deadlifted ☺️

    Xenophon recounting Socractes giving the youth Epigenes a hard time for not lifting. (Memorabilia).
    40 retweets 104 likes
  20. Sep 13

    Workshop Day 3. Einmahl, Taleb and the statistics of extremes.

    3 retweets 12 likes

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