The French have a distinction mathematician vs. "matheux". … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The French have a distinction mathematician vs. "matheux". + The mathematicia(e)n is like someone who composes music; doesn't have to perform, be good w/instruments. Invents math. + The matheux is someone who plays an instrument; can be a virtuoso but doesn't compose music.

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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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