Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Download Open image ““The problem with experts is that they do not know what they do not know.”” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“An expert is someone who doesn't want to learn anything new, because then he would not be an expert” — Harry Truman Copy Share Image
“Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert in it than the experts.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
“Even experts can make mistakes; my point is simply that it pays to be radically open-minded and triangulate with smart people.” — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“I often find that people either underestimate what they know, or overestimate it. Very rarely do they gauge their own knowledge appropriately.” — Tarun Betala Copy Share Image
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Those who study a wide variety of things realize that they don't know everything whereas specialists think they do.” — V. R. Roadifer Copy Share Image
“Everyone has to speak of what they know, and what they do not know they should ask,” — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“Most of the people could be good at something specific, but they probably never discover what it is.” — M.Z.Riffi Copy Share Image
Wittgenstein's ruler: Unless you have confidence in the ruler's reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
My nightmare scenario is that the government saves Citibank once again, as well as the other banks, and business resumes as usual. Then, the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“One needs to go out and buy a lottery ticket in order to win. Does it mean that the work involved in the trip… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“If you are looking for your misplaced wallet in your living room, in a trial and error mode, you exercise rationality by not looking… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Most humans manage to squander their free time, as free time makes them dysfunctional, lazy, and unmotivated—the busier they get, the more active they… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
