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Keeping ones distance from an ignorant person is equivalent to keeping company with a wise man. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
" "Keeping ones distance from an ignorant person is equivalent to keeping company with a wise man.
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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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