Phil@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 years agoIQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindlemedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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.