Phil@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoIQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindlemedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSide 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.
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyes, way too much of it is. Taleb is extremely smart, but nobody is as smart as Taleb thinks he is.
minus-squarePhil@awful.systemsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHigh-end stats is kind of Taleb’s thing, so he gets to be as insufferable as he likes dunking on IQiots imo.
minus-squarePhil@awful.systemsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, he needs an editor. But the relentless dunking on IQiots is worth the verbiage imo.
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.
yes, way too much of it is. Taleb is extremely smart, but nobody is as smart as Taleb thinks he is.
High-end stats is kind of Taleb’s thing, so he gets to be as insufferable as he likes dunking on IQiots imo.
Yeah, he needs an editor. But the relentless dunking on IQiots is worth the verbiage imo.