It still amazes me that people unironically cite these Taleb quotes without addressing how plainly neurotic these comments are. Does this increase or decrease your prior belief in his actual ability to carefully read,…
His point is that policy data, unlike most sources of data in the sciences/computer-science world, is contaminated by behavioral adjustments. This is a point that was first brought up by the famous (and frequently…
Yes, "quants" tend to have undergrad math/physics backgrounds, but "quants" aren't the ones writing academic papers in the Journal of Finance. You, and many others in this thread, seem to have a painful lack of…
You seem to at least have some personal experiences/familiarity behind your criticism, unlike almost everyone in this thread. So here's a chance to substantiate your claim. Here is a paper that was recently published in…
It still amazes me that people unironically cite these Taleb quotes without addressing how plainly neurotic these comments are. Does this increase or decrease your prior belief in his actual ability to carefully read,…
His point is that policy data, unlike most sources of data in the sciences/computer-science world, is contaminated by behavioral adjustments. This is a point that was first brought up by the famous (and frequently…
Yes, "quants" tend to have undergrad math/physics backgrounds, but "quants" aren't the ones writing academic papers in the Journal of Finance. You, and many others in this thread, seem to have a painful lack of…
You seem to at least have some personal experiences/familiarity behind your criticism, unlike almost everyone in this thread. So here's a chance to substantiate your claim. Here is a paper that was recently published in…