nntaleb: Atheism/materialism means treating the dead as if they were unborn. I won’t. By respecting the sacred you reinvent religion.
nntaleb: A idiot-economist said “all models are wrong, some are useful”; shd be “Most models are wrong, some are dangerous; try to know where”.
nntaleb: I wonder if a lion (or a cannibal) would pay a high premium for free-range humans. [modern bondage]
nntaleb: Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.
As mentioned in an earlier Tweet from NNT, here’s the link to his recent Princeton philosophy dept. lecture. Title suggests there will be more. Certainly hope so, although for the more general ‘reader’ such as myself, I do wish someone would create a ‘Fat Tony’ version notes page.
http://fooledbyrandomness.com/philo-lecture.htm
For some reason the audio file (direct download link) is in Windows Media format, which on Ye Olde travel Mac anyway did play with the VLC media player.
HatTip to Dave Lull