Re:Spreadsheet of Steven Pinker’s book recommendations
by tptacek on Sunday October 14, 2018 @12:08PM
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He's a gadfly, not a scientist writing to popularize a field he actually does work in. (With the plausible exception of options trading).
Re:Spreadsheet of Steven Pinker’s book recommendations
by AceyMan on Sunday October 14, 2018 @02:03PM
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Whether he's truly a gladly or not, you have to appreciate a guy who's self-aware enough about such opinions that he listed this quip first on the back cover of his latest book (from memory, mind you) —
>The trouble with Taleb isn't that he's an asshole—he is an asshole. The trouble with Taleb is that he is right.
Love that!
Re:Spreadsheet of Steven Pinker’s book recommendations
by claytoneast on Sunday October 14, 2018 @01:07PM
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Do you think his central thesises around Black Swan events, tail risks, hedging, and skin-in-the-game principle for evaluating advice/statements, are not relevant to scopes beyond options trading?
Note, I am not stating he is not a gadfly. He is, absolutely. But is he wrong?
Why do you say that? I’m broadly familiar with Taleb’s writing, but have yet to fully read any of his books. So I’m curious of your perspective here and what is informing that sentiment.