Without further ado, a list of blockable offenses according to @nntaleb (who once blocked me, forcing me to create a new account (don't block me bro))
Source: https://twitter.com/search?q=%40nntaleb%20block&src=typd&lang=en …
- idiots
- people who discuss @nntaleb's tone
- anyone who mentions dunning-kruger in his feed
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- Charlatans and socialists offer positive, non via negativa "solutions" - people (mostly verbalistic psychologists) w/whom [
@nntaleb] DO[es] NOT want to have an exchange because you DO[es] NOT learn/advance from bullshit. - sophistry2 replies 7 retweets 74 likesShow this thread -
- people who don't get that tweets and aphorisms don't need hedging - people with cute remarks on math problems - people who give unsolicited advice - people who make logical mistakes - people who represent Monsanto/Saudi Barbaria
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- "people who use labels not reasoning, false analogies and exhibit defects in thinking and empirical representation --in other words babbling idiots -- even if they do not interact with me."
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- "any person psychopathologizing another, particularly when there is political divergence." - Serial nitpickers - Lobbyists - Pple who answer "stick to your discipline" instead of counterargument - Someone abusing language w/"racist", "nazi", etc.
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- fools at the first such remark as "excuse to disenfranchise & persecute ppl". - "every journo whowritesfor Huff Post, regardless." - "anyone who mentions "proof" and "aphorism" in the same breath. Makes life cleaaaaaaaaaaarer!"
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Thanks, I'm a copy-and-paste professional.
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