I loved your takedown of Nassim Nicholas Taleb. What inspired you to write that and do you still feel the same way?
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the amazing coincidence of seeing him fuck up in three different areas in which I randomly happen to have niche expertise in the space of about a week. that had a kind of Gell-Man amnesia-type effect on me, leading me to think: "wait a minute, what if he is this stupid on everything?" I looked into it and turned out he was.
also, it didn't hurt that I was locked in my house and had just had a holiday cancelled, both due to covidhysteria. so my "inspiration" was anger and having lots of free time.
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For reference. I forgot how long it is...
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