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by johnnycerberus 1831 days ago
Peter McCormack could start by providing evidence for why the paper was wrong, instead was trying to bait Taleb into a Twitter thread that would have done no good to anyone. Good thing for Taleb that he didn't engage.
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He did engage by calling him a "fucking idiot"
It’s hard to say “shut the fuck up” and have it be effective.

I think such a statement seems to disengage and also discourage future similar potential engagements.

>>I generally like abrasive style and his calling out of intellectual class.