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Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 13 points 1 year ago

Side note, I know Taleb is widely appreciated, but man this is some badly written stuff. Is all his stuff like this? I realize blog post != book, but c'mon, some pride in craftmanship is in order.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 1 year ago

yes, way too much of it is. Taleb is extremely smart, but nobody is as smart as Taleb thinks he is.

[-] pdcawley@mendeddrum.org 7 points 1 year ago

@dgerard or as insufferable. I couldn't get more than half a chapter into Black Swan because his writing style was so damned offputting.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

he really gives off that condensed "stick it to the man" vibe

[-] sc_griffith@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago

All the same content is in fooled by randomness and it's far far shorter

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