I suspect that they put Socrates to death because there is something terribly unattractive, alienating, and nonhuman in thinking with too much clarit… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I suspect that they put Socrates to death because there is something terribly unattractive, alienating, and nonhuman in thinking with too much clarity.

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About Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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