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[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Mathematical Flaw in Distinguishing J and U Curves

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1955322333364957366 The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Mathematical Flaw in Distinguishing J and U Curves appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb to Co-Teach “The Art & Science of Thick Tails” at AUB Starting August 25

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1955271656332484818 The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb to Co-Teach “The Art & Science of Thick Tails” at AUB Starting August 25 appeared first on...

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[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb Debunks the Debunking of 10,000 Steps

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1948422111170560123 Link to the Study – https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(25)00164-1/fulltext The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb Debunks the Debunking of 10,000 Steps appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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4 weeks ago

[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Cardiac Fibrosis and Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Veteran Endurance Athletes

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1947392126373007747 Link to Research Article – https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.125.018470 The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Cardiac Fibrosis and Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk in Veteran Endurance Athletes...

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1 month ago

[YouTube] Stephen Wolfram visits RWRI 20 (The Real World Risk Summer School, 2025)

Stephen Wolfram visits RWRI 20 (The Real World Risk Summer School, 2025) Automata, computational irreducibility, ruliad, self-proving theorems, etc. The post [YouTube] Stephen Wolfram visits RWRI 20 (The Real World...

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[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Bitcoin Is an Electronic Tulip, Not a Currency

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1943677511373668655 Taleb’s Bitcoin Black Paper The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Bitcoin Is an Electronic Tulip, Not a Currency appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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Odd Lots: Eating Steak With Nassim Taleb and Charlie McElligott

Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nomura strategist Charlie McElligott are well-known for their opinions on things like trading, risk and uncertainty. But they also have very strong opinions on food!...

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Scaling LLMs and Why It Won’t Lead to AGI

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1941485474876448913 The post Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Scaling LLMs and Why It Won’t Lead to AGI appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan Returns to New York Times Bestseller List After 18 Years

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1941213960981586294 You can buy The Black Swan on Amazon The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan Returns to New York Times Bestseller...

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[YouTube] Nassim Taleb on Risks, Gold, Private Markets, Trump Tariffs

Nassim Taleb, author of “The Black Swan,” and scientific advisor at Universa Investments, says he doesn’t think the “consciousness of risks” has improved over the last 25 years. He discusses...

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2 months ago

[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb: No Evidence-Based Justification for >0.8g/kg Protein Intake

Link to post on X The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb: No Evidence-Based Justification for >0.8g/kg Protein Intake appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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2 months ago

[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb Recommends Eric Topol’s Super Agers

Link to Post on X – https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1932353681430634912 It’s available on Amazon – Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity: Topol, Eric The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb Recommends Eric Topol’s...

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2 months ago

[Podcast] Nassim Nicholas Taleb to Appear on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots Live – June 26

Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast will hold a live recording in New York City on June 26, 2025, featuring Nassim Nicholas Taleb among several scheduled speakers. The podcast, hosted by Joe...

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2 months ago

[Medium] IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (Argument Closed)

UPDATE ARGUMENT CLOSED (2025): The argument is now closed thanks to paper by Brown, Wai, and Chabris that tried to rebut the piece below, but confirmed all of its conclusions....

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3 months ago

[X] Bitcoin, Currencies, and Fragility (Bitcoin Black Paper)

Link to Paper – arxiv.org/pdf/2106.14204 The post [X] Bitcoin, Currencies, and Fragility (Bitcoin Black Paper) appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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[YouTube] Discussion with Pierre Zalloua on ‘Ancestors’

A discussion with Pierre Zalloua about his book Ancestors on the Genetic & Cultural History of the Levant. It is the first scientific history of the area, which debunks many...

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3 months ago

[Medium] Foreword to Pierre Zalloua’s book Ancestors: Identity and DNA in the Levant

Some people believe that the Levant is the end of the East and a portal to the West; others describe it as the end of the West and a portal...

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4 months ago

[X] The Implications of Heavy Tailed Distributions

We’ll update this post with the Zoom link as soon as it’s available. The post [X] The Implications of Heavy Tailed Distributions appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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[YouTube] The Base Rate Fallacy in Cardiology with respect to LDL

People with normal Lp(a) have much lower risk factors. We tend to overmedicate them. The normal levels of LDL should be revised upwards for them. The post [YouTube] The Base...

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5 months ago

[X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on ChatGPT: “A Bullshitter That Misses the Central Point”

x.com/nntaleb/status/1898727843057606878 The post [X] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on ChatGPT: “A Bullshitter That Misses the Central Point” appeared first on Nassim Taleb.

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