Ad Hominem Attacks and Arguments – Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

„An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message.“

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, known for his work on uncertainty, risk assessment, and randomness.

The quote presents personal attacks as an indication of a lack of substantive arguments.


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Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American mathematician, philosopher, essayist, and former trader who gained worldwide recognition for his books on chance, randomness, and uncertainty, especially the "Incerto" series. He specializes in the role of extreme events and non-linearities in complex systems and critiques conventional approaches in economics and statistics.

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