Academic research frequently falls into ruin-ignoring errors because academics don't 'trade'—they don't face financial consequences for being wrong. This lack of 'skin in the game' insulates them from reality, allowing incompetent theories to persist.
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Nassim TalebEvidence Quote
“a lot of academic research Falls for these errors that's why a root skin in the game because they don't trade...something can be wrong and stay forever because nobody wrote about it”
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The Merge: Ep. 03 | The past is not gone; it lives on in the future— Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and ArchitectCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:27:10 AM
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