Phil to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish • 2 years agoIQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindlemedium.commessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@gerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglish1•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 GerardMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoyes, way too much of it is. Taleb is extremely smart, but nobody is as smart as Taleb thinks he is.
minus-squarePhilOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•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-squarePiers Cawleylinkfedilink0•2 years 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-square@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agohe really gives off that condensed “stick it to the man” vibe
minus-squarePhilOPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•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.
@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.