Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Science Quotes

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Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is my great hope someday, to see science and decision makers rediscover what the ancients have always known. Namely that our highest currency is respect.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Hard science gives sensational results with a horribly boring process; philosophy gives boring results with a sensational process; literature gives sensational results with a sensational process; and economics gives boring results with a boring process.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb