By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare.

The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent.

I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

The rationalist imagines an imbecile-free society; the empiricist and imbecile-proof one, or even better, a rationalist-proof one.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.