Even an "intellectual" can be a total asshole.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Defends Homeopathy on Twitter

November 23, 2015 by Rachel Ford 50 Comments

Author and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan, recently tweeted his support of homeopathy, with a series of statements:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/11/23/nassim-nicholas-taleb-defends-homeopathy-on-twitter/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=friendlyatheist_112415UTC051111_daily&utm_content=&spMailingID=50095086&spUserID=MTE4MTY1MzAzMTE5S0&spJobID=803296239&spReportId=ODAzMjk2MjM5S0

And he baselessly slams GMO's too.

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/taleb-on-gmos-advocacy-masquerading-poorly-as-honest-intellectual-argument

[KamaAina]

1. Tell me about it.

Yale was (and probably still is) full of intellectual assholes, many of whom are now running the world.

[lpbk2713]

2. Now take William F Buckley.

Please.

[dogknob]

6. Have you seen "Best of Enemies" yet?

2015 documentary about Buckley/Vidal debates during the 1968 Presidential campaign -- and the birth of modern TV political punditry.

Excellent film. Saw it a few nights ago.

[Old Codger]

3. Quite often

Are

[951-Riverside]

4. Most "intellectuals" are total assholes n/t

[villager]

5. Didn't Ann Coulter once hilariously define herself as a "public intellectual?"

That pretty much demolished the brand of "intellectual" right there.

[Rex]

7. Smart folk are bigger assholes then dumb folk.

They know how to be assholes.

[pintobean]

9. than

[Rex]

10. Exactly.

[MineralMan]

8. Anyone who defends homeopathy is not an "intellectual."

Truly.