My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphor…

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My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, p.109, Random House
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My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, p.109, Random House

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