Taleb dunking on IQ “research” at length. Technically a seriouspost I guess.

  • gerikson@awful.systems
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    1 year ago

    Side note, I know Taleb is widely appreciated, but man this is some badly written stuff. Is all his stuff like this? I realize blog post != book, but c’mon, some pride in craftmanship is in order.

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        I think the most bitter part is him taking pride in his “real life” intelligence and his condemnation of test takers as “lifeless bureaucrats who can muster sterile motivation”. There is a callous hubris there, I suspect fueled by resentment of past interactions with quacks and/or holier than thou academics, the remedy isn’t becoming holier than thou in turn.

        Sneering is fun/cathartic, othering less so.

        NOTE: As a mindless drone pencil pusher myself, prone to to investigate things that don’t clearly matter immediately to the “real world”; I might be a tad defensive here ^^.

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        @dgerard @gerikson The worst (if a bit funny at times) are his tweets, where he often just slings insults at people. Quality wise it certainly is a bit books>blog>tweets.

      • Phil@awful.systemsOP
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        1 year ago

        High-end stats is kind of Taleb’s thing, so he gets to be as insufferable as he likes dunking on IQiots imo.

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          @pja @dgerard Taleb’s like that with just about anyone he dislikes for whatever reason tho, so it’s not just about high-end stats or the caliper-curious.

    • Phil@awful.systemsOP
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      Yeah, he needs an editor. But the relentless dunking on IQiots is worth the verbiage imo.