My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality o…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know. ✨ We still have the same disease by Margaret Wente, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 13, 2009.
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My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know. ✨ We still have the same disease by Margaret Wente, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 13, 2009.

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