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My best definition of a nerd: ...

My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

The best way to measure the lo...

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this 'nerdification,' to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and s...

I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and school grades are tests designed by nerds so they can get high scores in order to call each other intelligent...Smart and wise people who score low on IQ tests, or patently intellectually defective ones, like the former U.S. president George W. Bush, who score high on them (130), are testing the test and not the reverse.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

If you want to annoy a poet, e...

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Wit seduces by signaling intel...

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

The opposite of manliness isn'...

The opposite of manliness isn't cowardice; it's technology.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Those who were unlucky in life...

Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some luck in life; over the longer run he would slowly converge to the state of a less-lucky idiot. Each one would revert to his long-term properties.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

By all means, avoid wordsЂ'thr...

By all means, avoid wordsЂ'threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

Luck is the grand equalizer....

Luck is the grand equalizer.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

You get pseudo-order when you ...

You get pseudo-order when you seek order; you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

A good rule of thumb is as fol...

A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst, industry public relations department, captive think tank academic and so on), you ought to be very skeptical. By design messages from these people are intended to move markets, move merchandise and/or move public policy and are not a comment on the state of the physical universe.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

We tend to treat our knowledge...

We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order...we take what we know a little too seriously.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

It's not a good idea to take a...

It's not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and their knowledge too seriously.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

The fragile wants tranquility,...

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn't care too much.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

What is nonmeasurable and nonp...

What is nonmeasurable and nonpredictable will remain nonmeasurable and nonpredictable ... no matter how much hate mail I get.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

If my detractors knew me bette...

If my detractors knew me better they would hate me even more.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

The traits I respect are erudi...

The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

A verbal threat is the most au...

A verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence.

Nassim Taleb 338 quotes

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