"Tinkering" is Greater Than "Knowledge" - Nassim Taleb (Mind-blowing insights)

[@MartinLisowski]

Taleb is right. As an experimental physicist who did real science I can confirm: 1) science breakthroughs are often driven by new technology becoming available (think: ok, we got this new tech toy, what can we do with it? A bigger laser, lets shot it at stuff - and see what happens.). Once you find some new phenomenon by plaing with the tech, you start thinking about how to explain it - aka make a scientific theory. There are very few examples where a theory was developed first and then experiments confirm it later - those are the "big wins" for science - like Einsteins theory of relativity or the Higgs boson. 2) It is very uncommon to plan and then discover some scientific insight. Most of the times you are looking for something but you stumble on something entirely different by chance. Real science doesn't work like a tech tree in computer games. Commercial development works like that (it HAS to) - throw insane resouces to improve metric X and eventually you will improve metric X. Scientists for the most part don't do such boring endeavours. So yea, Taleb is mostly right - unless you are Einstein or Peter Higgs.

[@urbanbuddha65]

Yes. Nice comment. Another Einstein example was his 1917 paper on the prediction of the stimulated emission of light and other radiation, which is the physics behind the production of coherent light in lasers. So he managed to achieve theoretical physics prediction of an unknown phenomenon more than once, which is really amazing.

[@kashifali-ug1yk]

Life and things around us are totally based on biased... so it's all illusion... let say if we assume educated ppl are better paid off individuals it seems true but it's totally biased indeed we are not focusing the hypothesis but finding a supportive fact..because educated ppl are really paid well... so either tech is the base of scientific theory or scientific theory is the base of tech it's totally useless argument because both of the events we are discussing are already existed.. if you really wanted to prove something the you need to create the other side of the event that must not occurred in human history earlier.. the rest is pointless

[@Learna_Hydralis]

Tinkering belong to the future, while knowledge belong to the past .. tinkering filled with new potentials while knowledge is repeating already made discoveries!

[@financestrong]

Good way to say it

[@charliewarrenbresson]

​@@financestrongcan you please share the source for full lecture

[@aoeu256]

There are huge populations available for tinkering in the global south especially China & India, how do you get them to "Tinker" productively with their huge numbers.

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[@boyan.guitar]

This brilliant man doesn’t need your terrible stock music in the background pounding away, take note!

[@duartelucas5746]

it's maddening

[@user-ou8pe9it8j]

Yes. Music is NOT necessário.

[@tbd407]

This guy is a genius but he is not quite the communicator the world needs. One day a writer will distill his theories into some easier to grasp concepts and buzzwords and will change the world

[@daveyvane]

Wow with your insight, it could be you!!!

[@Aengrod]

I'm already here

[@michaltakac673]

I find his books easy to read actually. When he speaks on the other hand, it’s hard to follow his line of thought, seems like ADHD commercial 😂

[@catflixundchill]

@@michaltakac673“ADHD commercial“ killed me - so true 🤣🤣🤣

[@thekantedkalcedony]

The question at 12:50 really puts this video together.

[@argarcia281]

@FinanceStrong please revisit the captions, they're really not very good

[@Bnelen]

Fascinating. Had to watch it through for the second time to get all of the points he was trying to make. Will definitely be interesting to study further into his conception of the role of uncertainty in the practical world.

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[@TJ_USA]

What possessed you to put that music track on this?

[@quaidcarlobulloch9300]

Very pro dopaminergic exploration

[@didisugandi]

Dear Mr Taleb, what's you opinion about "thought tinkering' .. i.e., "thought experiment" (gedankenexperiment)?.. Thank you i am really enjoying your perspective here 🙂

[@prashantparmar8711]

Excellent content 👌

[@financestrong]

Thx

[@TaylorThoughts]

Great video

[@financestrong]

Thanks!

[@JapoKKiller]

Why was noone laughing at this 9/11 joke , I almost died

[@peterponcedeleon3368]

Great stuff!!

[@ivanbarbosa81]

Brilliant

[@whom4751]

This reads as a dialogue between two people

[@financestrong]

Speech at Microsoft

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[@lamariusgooch8910]

What book is he talking about here?

[@MrJorgemedel]

Antifragile

[@lamariusgooch8910]

@@MrJorgemedel Thank you

[@TheMacroSlacker]

I think you would be a lot better off knowing how to tinker in a way that can be replicated and also who already tinkered the tinkering you are about to attempt. For that you could use the scientific method. It's a great guide to tinkering efficiently. I see a bit of the hypomanic in Nassim here. Seems to have mellowed with age since. It's a bit like watching an obscure and esoteric con man here.

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[@RobertoPersivale]

In-line with entrepreneurs

[@bhagyeshmungara2463]

What is tinkering?

[@steflift5165]

Playing around with something, e.g. trying to adjust, take apart or fix something with a screwdriver

[@daveyvane]

He talks like every Professor. Nothing concrete, just all these ideas.

[@TheChessVagrant]

hes addressing a broad audience

[@duartelucas5746]

The translation is very bad. You are better of without it and the music. The content is top notch.

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[@Godforeplay666]

Real

[@michaelraina3836]

Can we upload someone talking without an inane, annoying soundtrack? Unwatchable.

[@supersmart671]

He gets the foundations wrong

[@enkidu001]

for a person who writes he is pretty ...well...let's be delicate

[@financestrong]

Great writer yes

[@ScottyE515]

He said his writing prose is pretty, not that he thinks he personally is pretty lmao

[@nomnom112]

Terrible subtitles

[@joelfaulk]

Wish he would remove the marbles in his mouth.

[@financestrong]

Lol come on man

[@koshobai]

I'll take marbles any day if it means he tinkers as he talks. The man's a magician

[@financestrong]

@@koshobai Nice!

[@swcpugilist]

Wish you would remove the can of worms from your brain and realize the man is a genius. Being eloquent doesn't mean you are smart and vice versa.

[@algarve8287]

​@@swcpugilist totally agree. But what i miss regarding Taleb, is that he avoid beeing concrete. What are the socio-cultural-economic concrete solutions he proposes. Maybe i am not concentrated enough to see Them, but i miss the solutions

[@manjunathpai1896]

Old, obvious, known, worn out ideas he is trying to sell as brand new.

[@financestrong]

One way to interpret it!

[@williamwillis5729]

So old, that the entire financial system broke down in 2008 because they had forgotten them.

[@rageranthem]

Is he the guy who attacked Lex Friedman because of a reading list?

[@financestrong]

@@rageranthem Yes

[@thekantedkalcedony]

Have you read his Incerto series and think he’s trying to sell these ideas as brand new?

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

Like #31

[@financestrong]

31?

[@eduardoPicazzo]

I can never understand this guy 😂

[@thomaswhite2609]

His English and his pronunciation is so bad I can't stand the whole video, it's a pain to listen to. Can someone provide a short summary?

[@otiliakloos3480]

U need to develop a ear FOR more than ONE speaker or language, whoever or whatever that may be if u want to comprehend a message.

[@behroozcompani2348]

A lot of nonsense spoken in an authoritative fashion.