We practitioners and quants aren’t too fazed by remarks on … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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We practitioners and quants aren’t too fazed by remarks on the part of academics — it would be like prostitutes listening to technical commentary by nuns.

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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