J (guest) meinte am 22. Apr, 03:43:
I've read the book. and it seems the reviewer has not read the book, and did little to get past the website and his own apparent hangups. Then again, coming from someone who used ethnic insinuations and cheap shots such as "Taleban" in previous posts, it has all the authority of a Don Imus...
Meh (guest) antwortete am 22. Apr, 07:20:
J,Agree or disagree with HedgeFundGuy's tone, he did post substantive (and good) reasons for not liking the book. I think it would be better if you posted substantive reasons on why you disagree with HedgeFundGuy's analysis. Otherwise you simply support the comic "taleban" reference, i.e. mindless followers who refuse to honestly and substantively address Taleb's critics.
The more technical the discussion the better. The readers are not lightweights.
J (guest) antwortete am 22. Apr, 16:34:
My contention is simple; the larger part of the review is devoted to the website, and the author's opinion of other works by Taleb. In comparison, the book gets scant attention. This is suspicious at best, especially in the context of previous ethnic slurs by the same author.
HedgeFundGuy antwortete am 23. Apr, 01:48:
The books theses were addressed (significance of low-frequency events, failure of statistics). As per your ability to infer calling his supporters the "Taleban" an ethnic slur, I find that a strained attempt to generate righteous indignation.
