{"id":14007,"date":"2014-11-01T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T14:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=14007"},"modified":"2014-11-01T10:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T14:48:34","slug":"nassim-taleb-venomous-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=14007","title":{"rendered":"Why is Nassim Taleb So Venomous on Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

https://dentalprovidence.com/endodontic-surgery/ Watching\u00a0Nassim Taleb<\/a>, author of The Black Swan<\/a> and other books, engage on twitter, is like being ringside at a verbal boxing match with the intellectual equivalent of Clubber Lang, the snarling, contemptuous boxer played by Mr. T<\/a> in Rocky 3. In the movie, Clubber Lang was so mean and nasty the performance was almost a parody.<\/p>\n

When you see Taleb go ballistic<\/a> on Twitter, as he often does, you wonder similarly if the guy is truly an angry asshole of the highest order, or if it’s just some performance schtick by an egghead scholar trying to liven up his day. Then again, he can’t seem to help himself: The guy did get into it<\/a> one time with a parody Twitter account<\/a>. As one observer noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Taleb\u00a0has a propensity<\/a>\u00a0for being\u00a0quite combative<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, on topics ranging from bonds to GMOs, and Taleb will fight with just about anybody.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, you could say that again<\/a>. Some people, such as the economist Noah Smith, make allowances<\/a> for Taleb’s bad behavior:<\/p>\n

Buy Ativan Online Without Prescription Nassim Taleb is a vulgar bombastic windbag, and I like him a lot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Buy Ultram Online But Taleb is more than just a venomous,\u00a0preening, brawler<\/a>. It’s not enough for him to slug it out with real and imagined adversaries (including journalists<\/a>). He has to smear<\/a> their reputations with innuendo. I learned this myself when I engaged with Taleb some months ago. I saw that he was circulating a paper on GMOs<\/a> and I asked to interview him. He declined and then asked:<\/p>\n

https://theroyalstagproperties.com/contact-5/ !! RT @nntaleb<\/a>: @keithkloor<\/a> BTW do you get (indirect) funding from GMO corporations? Can you state this here (which is on the record)?<\/p>\n

Order Tramadol Online \u2014 keith kloor (@keithkloor) August 13, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Order Hydrocodone Online Now I see that he has just lobbed a similar spitball at David Ropeik. Apparently it was prompted by Ropeik’s response to this tweet:<\/p>\n

https://growthjourneytherapy.com/methods/ Interesting paper from @nntaleb<\/a> and co on new rationale for v specific precaution on GM http:\/\/t.co\/2GI0AJZ6ye<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zolpidem Online Order \u2014 Jack Stilgoe (@Jackstilgoe) October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Buy Valium Online Without Prescription Ropeik chimed in with a dim view of the paper:<\/p>\n

Get Tramadol Online @Jackstilgoe<\/a> @2020science<\/a> @nntaleb<\/a> Anti GMO advocacy masquerading as ostensibly rational argument. So many examples. Anti-Monsanto?<\/p>\n

https://forgive123.com/terms/ \u2014 david ropeik (@dropeik) October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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