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Studying the work and intellectual habits of a "genius" to learn from him is like studying the garb of a chef to emulate his cooking.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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