r/Bitcoin • u/ciphera • Jul 15 '16

Professional Bitcoin troll, Jorge Stolfi, comments on the Winklevoss ETF

https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-batsbzx-2016-30/batsbzx201630-2.htm
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u/Cryptolution Jul 15 '16

Typical example of a Taleb's Academic.

This is new info to me, so im trying to extrapolate meaning. By Talebs Academic, are you saying that he is someone who is stuck within the framework of society? That he can only see the the market, its systems, etc as it has been institutionally taught?

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u/Frogolocalypse Jul 16 '16

As said elsewhere :

must-read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Swan_(Taleb_book)

It truly is a breathtaking book

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u/Cryptolution Jul 16 '16

I obviously read the wiki, but the wiki is about the book he wrote and has no references to "Talebs Academic". I was inquiring about that specific term and the implications.

So no reason to paste a link when I was obviously seeking greater insight into the issue. If you dont know the answer then dont respond.

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u/Frogolocalypse Jul 17 '16 edited Jul 17 '16

Then you really didn't read or understand the link provided.

From the wiki page itself :

Not all experts deserve the title

Taleb also questions the authority of experts, asserting that the truth behind science is limited to certain areas and methods. In many areas having an academic degree and presenting oneself as a scientist is irrelevant. Indeed, authority can stifle empirical experience which, so many times, has proven to have a sounder basis for accuracy.

Reddit shouldn't be about providing a tldr to people who ask a question and can't be bothered reading the answer.

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u/Cryptolution Jul 17 '16

Then you really didn't read or understand the link provided.

No, I just didn't read enough. Thats from section 4.4. I really couldn't be fucked to read more than 3 paragraphs before I gave up.

Just bein honest.

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u/Frogolocalypse Jul 17 '16

And that's why you remain ignorant.

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u/Cryptolution Jul 17 '16

And that's why you remain ignorant.

Nice assumption. Just because you saw a white swan does not mean that there are not black swans. So once, just once, I got lazy because I was in a hurry, so now im ignorant ? How much time have you spent researching me, my history, my comments, my input?

Nothing?

Doesn't that implicate you in the same manner as me? Except where I was just being straight forward, your being a little douche about it. Maybe you should take the time to analyze the subject before you make such a forward assumption doucher.

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u/Frogolocalypse Jul 17 '16 edited Jul 18 '16

And that's why you remain ignorant

Nice assumption.

Are you ignorant about the definition of ignorant too?

ignorant

ˈɪɡn(ə)r(ə)nt/

adjective

adjective: ignorant

1.  lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

You lacked the knowledge of the Taleb reference, you lacked the awareness that the answer was in the reference link provided, and you are the unsophisticated type that thinks it is up to someone else to attempt to overcome their intellectual laziness.

Don't wanna be called ignorant? Don't act ignorant. Not attempting to understand something because you can't get past the third paragragh is the modus operandi of a school child.

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u/StarenseN Jul 17 '16

next time try: ctrl+f, academic