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The fool generalizes the particular the nerd particularizes the general some do both and the wise does neither
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 11
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Nassim Nicholas Najib Taleb
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