Brilliant analysis of N Taleb's criticism of Better Angels by John Vos in "Quixotic Finance." http://goo.gl/TXHcqy
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@SamHarrisOrg@sapinker "Anyone who tries to interpret art in terms of science is a fool or autistic person"How does@nntaleb get away w/it? -
Taleb: "Science has not been very good at saving lives...has not been good at dealing with evidence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKDNeb81qME …
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@legendre007@julie_kelly2 ...and somehow he is employed by a university. Baffling... -
I have friends saying they champion science & industrialization ... and then they worship Taleb.
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@SamHarrisOrg “Complexity is vastly complicated” - Nassim Taleb.
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you still don’t get @nntaleb point. You’re estimating the mean using an estimator called an “average”. That works for certain thin tailed distributions, but is completely useless for other, fat tailed distributions. So, yes, you have “evidence” based on an incorrect assumption -
Answer me this: Do you think that falling off ladders is a bigger threat to societal “violence” than terrorism? Based on your “evidence”, that would be the “rational” conclusion. cc: .
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"Pride goeth before the fall." If you're quick to throw shade at what Taleb is saying here, maybe time to check your cognitive dissonance. Consider maybe—just maybe—Taleb's making a point you haven't even considered, talking past your current understanding.
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@SamHarrisOrg@sapinker If ever a man needed an education in science. There were almost no logical connections in anything@nntaleb said.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@sapinker@nntaleb was completely incoherent, sounds like a bliss ninny guruThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg Thought I spotted a subliminal message 28 seconds in. On second glance, it's an apt critiquepic.twitter.com/mfWmriE1d4
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@SamHarrisOrg@sapinker i miss the days when harris/hitch/dennet would debate religious lunacy rather than regressive apology. - 1 more reply
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@SamHarrisOrg Jewish Atheist Woman man enough to listen. He is correct...when Drs are absent mortality drops...studies show.@sapinker -
@SamHarrisOrg@sapinker Basically ur ad hominem by proxy blog rebuttal is an act of blatant cowardice. No idea who UT- but I'm UNimpressed! -
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@RandomCDS I spent over a decade in emergency medicine and critical care...I believe ur Dad, if he is honest 1/2
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@RandomCDS would be humble enough to admit that medicine has many limits.. as well as iatrogenic incidents. 2/2
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@RandomCDS Experience shows ~30% of our patients improve in spite of what we do...& ~ 30% Die no matter what we do
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@beachvetlbc @RandomCDS@SamHarrisOrg@sapinker Factual data shows modern medicine has eradicated smallpox. Or does that not count?
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