Socrates used to consider that hunger was the best seasoning… He understood Jensen’s Inequality (antigragility).
He would be seen pacing outside his house at dinner time, trying to resist going inside. When questioned by his neighbors, his answer was: “I am seasoning my dinner”.
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Note: there are other sources on Socrates than Plato’s, portraying a very pragmatic fellow.
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Is the Pope Atheist?
www.fooledbyrandomness.com/isthepopeatheist.pdf
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(Please do not divert the conversation away from the topic at hand, namely revelation of preferences. Thank you.)
You make a discovery but someone points out it was made before. If you are an academic (or a career researcher) you feel upset; if you are free you feel flattered.
Source: You make a discovery but someone points out it… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/594853060184182784
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/595213136505933824
https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/593788064868139010