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Re:What are the most important statistical ideas of the past... by sigstoat on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:54PM (#26391392)
calling someone's book suggestion an "advertisement" is rude, and inaccurate. taleb wouldn't pay anyone to suggest his book when he could instead just show up here and insult everyone for free.
Re:What are the most important statistical ideas of the past... by ojnabieoot on Monday March 08, 2021 @04:10PM (#26391592)
I didn’t mean it strictly literally. The original comment was a thoughtless namedrop of a brand new book (which means by tautology it’s irrelevant to the topic at hand) and doesn’t have a shred of reasoning behind it. So, functionally, it’s a billboard advertising Taleb’s book.

I am aware that the Cult of Taleb means that people are willing to advertise his work for free.