>The Talebian One himself, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, whom I have written about at length on this blog, has a new book, “Skin in the Game”, which he has been promoting on Twitter. This is not a review of the book; rather, it’s a review of his broader ideas and character.
>The problems with Taleb are as follows:
>1. contradictory views (holds both elitist and populist views)
>2. apparently oblivious about modern option pricing and markets; misconstruing the views of experts (his literary career is predicated on two falsehoods: that options are incorrectly priced and that traders, statisticians, and policy makers are oblivious to tail risk)
>3. disproving ‘black swan’ theory requires trying to prove a negative
>4. thin-skinned and short-tempered (on Twitter, anyone who doesn’t agree with him is a ‘BS artist’, a ‘journo’, a ‘charlatan’, or an ‘idiot’)
>5. a dearth of viable/realistic solutions to financial regulation problems and risk
Why does /sci/ hate this guy again? He's literally that 4 iq gigachad meme
>The problems with Taleb are as follows:
>1. contradictory views (holds both elitist and populist views)
>2. apparently oblivious about modern option pricing and markets; misconstruing the views of experts (his literary career is predicated on two falsehoods: that options are incorrectly priced and that traders, statisticians, and policy makers are oblivious to tail risk)
>3. disproving ‘black swan’ theory requires trying to prove a negative
>4. thin-skinned and short-tempered (on Twitter, anyone who doesn’t agree with him is a ‘BS artist’, a ‘journo’, a ‘charlatan’, or an ‘idiot’)
>5. a dearth of viable/realistic solutions to financial regulation problems and risk
Why does /sci/ hate this guy again? He's literally that 4 iq gigachad meme
