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I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness i...more

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The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornith...more

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Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

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If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

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Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists...more

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Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators

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It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. Those who have followed the assertive id...more

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If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word 'equilibrium,' or 'normal distribution,' do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a ra...more