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A fine example of an expert in one field believing he is an expert in every field.

In reading the section describing psychometricians, he clearly is not actually reading what they publish.

Taleb is an expert in statistics. This is an analysis of the statistics of a metric and the statistical methodology of the field it is part of.

> Taleb is an expert in statistics. This is an analysis of the statistics of a metric and the statistical methodology of the field it is part of.

If he doesn't understand their definitions within their sphere of expertise, how can any analysis of such be valid?