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A comment on Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a speculative ponzi scheme.

Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by diego_moita on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:40PM (#26841190)
> Nassim Taleb called him an “imbecile”.

This is why I disgust this Taleb guy: he usually has good insights but defends them with the worst arguments. Or no arguments at all.

I felt his "Black Swan" book is a very good idea stretched into hundreds of pages of arrogance and condescendence.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by DrOctagon on Friday April 16, 2021 @11:45PM (#26841440)
100% agree on Black Swan. Taleb sure loves Taleb.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by lindy2021 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @01:44AM (#26841861)
“To figure out if someone is an idiot, call him an idiot and check if he gets upset.”

It’s intentional: https://mobile.twitter.com/nntaleb/status/129716309534169907...

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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by ckastner on Saturday April 17, 2021 @06:13AM (#26843088)
I don't recall Taleb calling others idiots much in his book.

I do recall Taleb admiring himself, though. A lot.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by sonthonax on Saturday April 17, 2021 @09:54AM (#26844275)
He’s just a pathological narcissist that functionally aliterate traders think is a philosopher.

His books are mostly unoriginal fluff that could be expressed in a few pages.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by thinkharderdev on Saturday April 17, 2021 @09:00AM (#26843917)
This seems transparently ridiculous coming from someone as famously thin-skinned and pugnacious as Taleb.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by conistonwater on Saturday April 17, 2021 @08:05AM (#26843643)
I wonder if there is maybe some other, easier, way of checking if someone's an idiot.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a s... by nickkell on Saturday April 17, 2021 @04:13AM (#26842525)
His reply to his own tweet is hilarious. He's playing chess whilst we're all playing checkers
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