Phil@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoIQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindlemedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-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-up2·1 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-squarePiers Cawley@mendeddrum.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 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.
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohe really gives off that condensed “stick it to the man” vibe
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.
@dgerard or as insufferable. I couldn’t get more than half a chapter into Black Swan because his writing style was so damned offputting.
he really gives off that condensed “stick it to the man” vibe
Yeah, he needs an editor. But the relentless dunking on IQiots is worth the verbiage imo.