Hochschild on Taleb

Recently I had the opportunity to connect with one of the sharpest Catholic philosophers around, @JoshHochschild. We talked about his interest in the work of @nntaleb and how it applies to the Catholic intellectual tradition, faith, and life in general.https://t.co/iDsaAdbcUH

— Matt Nelson (@matt_nelson773) October 7, 2021

Alexander Bogomolny

Wonderful tribute to “Maestro Bogomolny”, who taught us all so much here with his tweets and riddles at ⁦@CutTheKnotMath⁩, from his friend ⁦@nntaleb⁩ https://t.co/gMYrgea3jB

— Steven Strogatz (@stevenstrogatz) November 22, 2020

Every Scholar Must Have a Library

There can be male minimalism in every other aspect but not here. A consequence of male monomainia...

The value of owning more books than you can read. I agree 100% with ⁦@nntaleb⁩ about this. And I wish my library were larger. :-) https://t.co/aKNEb7BeYi

— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) November 23, 2020

This is fantastic, true, and a complete justification of my way of life...I mean I hope I truly pursue philosophy and Christianity as a way of life. But, also, book buying. https://t.co/4WWWeJff4a

— Paul R. DeHart (@PaulRDeHart) November 23, 2020

Taleb's Politike

I'm very grateful to @nntaleb for sharing generously with my class today. I don't know if many academics are assigning these works yet, but students found Skin in the Game and Principia Politica engaging reads which help integrate ideas from across disciplines. Thank you Maestro! https://t.co/Drj3CzoudM

— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) November 12, 2020

"Faith"

This is the "pisteuo" Πιστεύο pblm.
Credere does not mean epistemic belief, but trust, which I defined as "pisteic", a kind of doxastic committment . From the Nicene credo: "Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν"
In Engligh, "belief" ~beloved.
Note: δόξα = belief, gift, & glorification. https://t.co/qZYuRKfKPz

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 3, 2020

2/ In Semitic lang., "Amen" means "trust", not epistemic belief, so professions of faith state trust.

The Syriac credo is "mhayminan 7ad aloho" = "WE TRUST only one god". (not "I" since; is no Nicene creed for non Greek-Orthodox/Cath)
Doxa in Christian Aramaic/Syriac is tshba7. pic.twitter.com/VLTM6j7Fbo

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 3, 2020

3) The pisteuo pbm is the reason first-order atheists a la Dawkins & religious people talk past one another: simply religious beliefs never claimed to be epistemic that is, belief in the scientific sense.

You need to remove verbalism & labels to understand what something means.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 3, 2020