Comments for adrian monck http://adrianmonck.com a blog about news and stuff Thu, 10 May 2012 16:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan — a Turkey by Rogue Medic http://adrianmonck.com/2008/03/nassim-taleb%e2%80%99s-black-swan-a-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-3888 Rogue Medic Thu, 10 May 2012 16:11:40 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=845#comment-3888 Quant, You make a bunch of claims, but do not provide any evidence. Are you trying to provide a contrast? You claim that Taleb is anti-probability, but Taleb is actually the one who is pointing out the ways in which we ignore probability. . Quant,

You make a bunch of claims, but do not provide any evidence. Are you trying to provide a contrast?

You claim that Taleb is anti-probability, but Taleb is actually the one who is pointing out the ways in which we ignore probability.

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]]> Comment on Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan — a Turkey by Andrew http://adrianmonck.com/2008/03/nassim-taleb%e2%80%99s-black-swan-a-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-3887 Andrew Thu, 10 May 2012 13:49:36 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=845#comment-3887 I think that Taleb's critics miss what can be stated simply, as in K.I.S.S. Shiite happens even on a Sunni day. I think that Taleb’s critics miss what can be stated simply, as in K.I.S.S.

Shiite happens even on a Sunni day.

]]> Comment on Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan — a Turkey by Quant http://adrianmonck.com/2008/03/nassim-taleb%e2%80%99s-black-swan-a-turkey/comment-page-1/#comment-3886 Quant Tue, 08 May 2012 16:17:02 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=845#comment-3886 Taleb's attempts to formalize his thoughts are scattered far and wide but represent an astonishingly low citation to download ratio. In Taleb's case, few have been able to build upon what he has to say and nobody has been able to to so in a technical sense. The reason is simple: Taleb doesn't make sense. True, many have quoted Taleb, referred to him in general terms, or intimated that there is some underpinning theory - and this vague anti-probability bandwagon is one of the more surprising post-crisis phenomena. But the element of surprise isn’t always enough. By necessity this populist crusade is a comedic battle pitched between important sounding prose and the terse but plainspoken language of mathematics: a verbal assault on one of the great abstract constructions, its relevance to the real world, and its role in financial calamity. Or if you prefer sporting analogies, recall the image of gymnast Brian Meeker overstepping the springboard and ploughing headlong into the pommel horse. http://quantapology.blogspot.com/2011/10/fuck-off-you-pelican-congress-shouldnt.html Taleb’s attempts to formalize his thoughts are scattered far and wide but represent an astonishingly low citation to download ratio. In Taleb’s case, few have been able to build upon what he has to say and nobody has been able to to so in a technical sense. The reason is simple: Taleb doesn’t make sense.

True, many have quoted Taleb, referred to him in general terms, or intimated that there is some underpinning theory — and this vague anti-probability bandwagon is one of the more surprising post-crisis phenomena. But the element of surprise isn’t always enough. By necessity this populist crusade is a comedic battle pitched between important sounding prose and the terse but plainspoken language of mathematics: a verbal assault on one of the great abstract constructions, its relevance to the real world, and its role in financial calamity. Or if you prefer sporting analogies, recall the image of gymnast Brian Meeker overstepping the springboard and ploughing headlong into the pommel horse.

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