{"id":125716,"date":"2019-01-11T14:41:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T22:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125716"},"modified":"2020-10-25T13:48:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T21:48:29","slug":"nassim-nicholas-taleb-loses-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125716","title":{"rendered":"Nassim Nicholas Taleb Loses It"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Racial nostalgia is one hell of a drug <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7tmxYTie5v\">https:\/\/t.co\/7tmxYTie5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Michael Grace\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\u269c\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 (@KMGVictoria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGVictoria\/status\/1083802953763278848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IQ is far from the only issue when it comes to immigration and cultural compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>Many Chinese, for instance, have a high IQ, but a strong in-group preference and a lack of empathy for outsiders &#8211; they are currently buying up large sections of countries like Australia. Bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StefanMolyneux\/status\/1083761467051073536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To understand Wittgenstein&#8217;s ruler:<\/p>\n<p>Any MEASURE of IQ or intellectual abilities or anything related to intellect that does not give <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Molyneux?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Molyneux<\/a> a score in the bottom 8% of the population is patently a wrong measure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGtokyl2Fu\">pic.twitter.com\/gGtokyl2Fu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1082790208972697601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ONLY test of intelligence that counts is to see if the person detects Wittgenstein&#8217;s ruler situations:<\/p>\n<p>1) When you use a ruler to measure the table, you are also using the table to measure the ruler.<\/p>\n<p>2) The more unexpected the measurement, the more you apply W&#8217;s ruler.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nntaleb\/status\/1082560527908384768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racial nostalgia is one hell of a drug https:\/\/t.co\/7tmxYTie5v \u2014 Kevin Michael Grace\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\u269c\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 (@KMGVictoria) January 11, 2019 IQ is far from the only issue when it comes to immigration and cultural compatibility. Many Chinese, for instance, have a high IQ, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125716\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29582,29585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iq","category-steve-sailer-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Racial nostalgia is one hell of a drug https:\/\/t.co\/7tmxYTie5v \u2014 Kevin Michael Grace\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\u269c\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 (@KMGVictoria) January 11, 2019 IQ is far from the only issue when it comes to immigration and cultural compatibility. 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