Of course, the Genetically Modified Mosquito project has gone wrong, with, really, "unforeseen outcomes". When will IYIs learn that we don't underst… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Of course, the Genetically Modified Mosquito project has gone wrong, with, really, "unforeseen outcomes". When will IYIs learn that we don't understand complex systems enough to play with them? Or when will we learn that science is not scientism?
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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Fat Tony: "No one ever went bankrupt trading against intellectuals".
Mistakes are bad; defending them is worse. It's better for you to be the one correcting them than others. Being self-correcting is #antifragile. A clear conscience is invaluable.
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