Soldiers are more loyal to their comrades and die for them,… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Soldiers are more loyal to their comrades and die for them, than to their country. Academics are more loyal to their peers than to truth.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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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