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by smabie
2161 days ago
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Yeah, came hear to post this. Recently read his autobiography "A Man For All Markets." Simply an incredible and creative man. From beating blackjack to roulette, to discovering Black Scholes before Black and Sholes. PNP changed the game like no other. Really sad Giuliani and his thugs took him down. Thorpe is epitome of the best of humanity: creative, fearless, and tenacious. His life story was really inspiring to me. The book comes highly recommended. |
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I guess we see what we want to see.
There are a lot of little red flags littered throughout the book. One thing that rankled me was his assertion that he independently discovered Black-Scholes before Merton/Black/Scholes and offered as evidence a chart that post-dated the original paper. There's a lot of stuff like that in the book.
Don't get me wrong, this is a person with many admirable characteristics. Just don't drink the Kool-Aid.