⁠Alex Bilzerian
Negative probabilities are well defined on the mathematical level of rigorousness. https://t.co/2adnhIzqVZ

@JosephNWalker @nntaleb A negative probability (which Taleb discusses here) is the likelihood of learning anything from this word salad - Ben Golub
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
RT @nntaleb: Another fraud, @Kaju_Nut.
Academics and X* don't go well together.

* Formerly Twitter

Among other problems, our Twitter discourse suffers from completely uncharitable readings of people we hate. This physicist is gatekeeping, saying Taleb is wrong for claiming they use negative probabilities in his field. OBVIOUSLY Taleb has this type of thing in mind. https://t.co/Rs2uItg0wd - Robert P. Murphy
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
RT @nntaleb: @BahramShakerin @Kaju_Nut A real scientist does not exhibit such an amount of dishonesty!
Go frame your shit elsewhere
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
'Negative probabilities (which could not be justified by Kolmogorov's model) arise with the strange regularity in practically all quantum models.'

"Just like in quantum mechanics--they use negative probabilities."

No we do not. Probabilities are always positive in quantum mechanics because they are defined as the sum of squares of two real numbers (or the square of the modulus of a complex number), and squares of real numbers are always positive! - Nirmalya Kajuri
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
RT @BobMurphyEcon: Among other problems, our Twitter discourse suffers from completely uncharitable readings of people we hate. This physicist is gatekeeping, saying Taleb is wrong for claiming they use negative probabilities in his field. OBVIOUSLY Taleb has this type of thing in mind. https://t.co/Rs2uItg0wd

"Just like in quantum mechanics--they use negative probabilities."

No we do not. Probabilities are always positive in quantum mechanics because they are defined as the sum of squares of two real numbers (or the square of the modulus of a complex number), and squares of real numbers are always positive! - Nirmalya Kajuri
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
RT @alexbilz: "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." — Feynman: https://t.co/EvghqgxTHc https://t.co/PHrhnrG18h
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
There may be some truth to this.

@WKCosmo The problem of string theory is that, 10-20 years ago, young theorists had to skip known physics and jump to strings to get a job. They achieved little. Now the old generation who knows physics and developed strings retires. - Alessandro Strumia
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
RT @nntaleb: Academics & X don't go well.
This idiot @Kaju_Nut got involved in a collective troll of yours truly; it keeps being shown that, like the "econometrician" @sndurlauf (on whom, later), he doesn't know his own subject.

'Negative probabilities (which could not be justified by Kolmogorov's model) arise with the strange regularity in practically all quantum models.' - Alex Bilzerian
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
You’re utterly unqualified to teach that, and it shows.

As my first fall econometric lectures are on probability theory and the relationship between probability theory and decision theory, this video is a great help.

PPHA42000 Problem Set 1. Explain why this discussion is complete nonsense. - Steven N. Durlauf
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
Disgusting.

@sndurlauf The only problem is the students might run out of paper - Scott Kominers
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
RT @NoNonsenseQuant: @sndurlauf Why don’t you explain here under the video why and where he is wrong?
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
What is it specifically that you disagree with?

The guy just doesn't quit. - Will Kinney
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⁠Alex Bilzerian
One always hears academics whimpering about "impostor syndrome"—most of them actually happen to be imposters.

Fraud & incompetence in academia are more widespread than many realize.
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