Comments on: My New Crush http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/ culture, politics and spirituality Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:52:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: What’s unknown? « blog2sync http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/comment-page-1/#comment-181786 What’s unknown? « blog2sync Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:52:00 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/#comment-181786 [...] Arlene Goldarb says that Taleb’s sense of our problem is that we do not know how much we don’t know. “What Taleb has already given me are much better reasons than my own instincts to do two things I’ve been advocating loud and long: distrust predictions and question theories.” Thinking about how we look at our historical achievements, she repeats Taleb’s assertion that ‘… almost all of the discoveries that have had tremendous impact on our culture were accidents in the sense that they were discovered while searching for something else. He’s said, “most of what people were looking for, they did not find. Most of what they found they were not looking for.” [...] [...] Arlene Goldarb says that Taleb’s sense of our problem is that we do not know how much we don’t know. “What Taleb has already given me are much better reasons than my own instincts to do two things I’ve been advocating loud and long: distrust predictions and question theories.” Thinking about how we look at our historical achievements, she repeats Taleb’s assertion that ‘… almost all of the discoveries that have had tremendous impact on our culture were accidents in the sense that they were discovered while searching for something else. He’s said, “most of what people were looking for, they did not find. Most of what they found they were not looking for.” [...]

]]> By: A bit about a bucket « blog2sync http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/comment-page-1/#comment-181625 A bit about a bucket « blog2sync Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:52:12 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/#comment-181625 [...] Update:Arlene Goldarb sees Taleb’s sense of our problem is that we do not know how much we don’t know. “What Taleb has already given me are much better reasons than my own instincts to do two things I’ve been advocating loud and long: distrust predictions and question theories.” Thinking about how we look at our historical achievements, she notices Taleb’s assertion that ‘… almost all of the discoveries that have had tremendous impact on our culture were accidents in the sense that they were discovered while searching for something else. He’s said, “most of what people were looking for, they did not find. Most of what they found they were not looking for.” [...] [...] Update:Arlene Goldarb sees Taleb’s sense of our problem is that we do not know how much we don’t know. “What Taleb has already given me are much better reasons than my own instincts to do two things I’ve been advocating loud and long: distrust predictions and question theories.” Thinking about how we look at our historical achievements, she notices Taleb’s assertion that ‘… almost all of the discoveries that have had tremendous impact on our culture were accidents in the sense that they were discovered while searching for something else. He’s said, “most of what people were looking for, they did not find. Most of what they found they were not looking for.” [...]

]]> By: A bit about a bucket « Thought Shop http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/comment-page-1/#comment-181542 A bit about a bucket « Thought Shop Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:46:41 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/#comment-181542 [...] Update:Arlene Goldarb sees Taleb’s sense of our problem is that we do not know how much we don’t know. “What Taleb has already given me are much better reasons than my own instincts to do two things I’ve been advocating loud and long: distrust predictions and question theories.” Thinking about how we look at our historical achievements, she notices Taleb’s assertion that ‘… almost all of the discoveries that have had tremendous impact on our culture were accidents in the sense that they were discovered while searching for something else. He’s said, “most of what people were looking for, they did not find. Most of what they found they were not looking for.” [...] [...] Update:Arlene Goldarb sees Taleb’s sense of our problem is that we do not know how much we don’t know. “What Taleb has already given me are much better reasons than my own instincts to do two things I’ve been advocating loud and long: distrust predictions and question theories.” Thinking about how we look at our historical achievements, she notices Taleb’s assertion that ‘… almost all of the discoveries that have had tremendous impact on our culture were accidents in the sense that they were discovered while searching for something else. He’s said, “most of what people were looking for, they did not find. Most of what they found they were not looking for.” [...]

]]> By: El cisne negro: cómo entender y aprovechar los sucesos raros | wikijuanan http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/comment-page-1/#comment-149650 El cisne negro: cómo entender y aprovechar los sucesos raros | wikijuanan Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:45:44 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/#comment-149650 [...] My new crush, por Arlene Golbard [...] [...] My new crush, por Arlene Golbard [...]

]]> By: Dr Charles Parker http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/comment-page-1/#comment-139037 Dr Charles Parker Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:27:54 +0000 http://arlenegoldbard.com/2007/05/09/my-new-crush/#comment-139037 Arlene, What a wonderful piece! I confess that I already liked Taleb before reading your commentary, but now, doing a bit of research here for a book I'm up to, I have discovered one Arlene person, another similar, deep companion who will also clash with the furniture and the drapes. Taleb quickly joined my old companion Korzybski, who started me thinking hard about categorical constructs, - and we over here in psychiatry-land are awash in descriptive labels and drowning in the Gaussian Curve of tiny n numbers with limited variables. I do hope there is a place somewhere on the map between Med and Ext. Time is the categorical variable... time does wash away constructs. Those that last over time, regardless of the suited ones, - they are the deal. I loved your fresh perspective, will list your site over at mine for those with the courage to dance to improbable tunes. Thanks, Chuck Arlene,
What a wonderful piece!
I confess that I already liked Taleb before reading your commentary, but now, doing a bit of research here for a book I’m up to, I have discovered one Arlene person, another similar, deep companion who will also clash with the furniture and the drapes.

Taleb quickly joined my old companion Korzybski, who started me thinking hard about categorical constructs, – and we over here in psychiatry-land are awash in descriptive labels and drowning in the Gaussian Curve of tiny n numbers with limited variables. I do hope there is a place somewhere on the map between Med and Ext.

Time is the categorical variable… time does wash away constructs. Those that last over time, regardless of the suited ones, – they are the deal.

I loved your fresh perspective, will list your site over at mine for those with the courage to dance to improbable tunes.

Thanks,
Chuck

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