Those with brains but no balls often become mathematicians; those with balls but not brains join the mafia; and those with no brains and no balls become economists.

There are exceptions (for mathematicians).

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THE VINDICATION OF SKEPTICISM (AKA SKEPTICAL EMPIRICISM): knowledge grows by 1) negative empiricism, or 2) “tight” logical/mathematical proofs and arguments (not “loose” as in social science using naive mathematics), certainly not by confirmatory empiricism. This is the problem of induction in the making. The current understanding of science mistakes it for “naive” empiricism instead of skeptical empiricism, largely negative.
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THE VINDICATION OF SKEPTICISM (AKA SKEPTICAL… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

In a conflict, people who claim they “don’t have an opinion either way” tend to side against the injured or weaker side.

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