Just as eating cow-meat doesn't turn you into a cow, studyi… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Just as eating cow-meat doesn't turn you into a cow, studying philosophy doesn't make you wiser.

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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To rephrase, every human should at all times have equality in probability (which we can control), not equality in outcome.

Real life (vita beata) is when your choices correspond to your duties.

Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public. Distrust anyone who does the reverse. (Secrete amicos admone; lauda palam.)

Just as eating cow-meat doesn't turn you into a cow, studying philosophy doesn't make you wiser. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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