Why are we seeing an explosion of research from China, India, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia, etc.?
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) July 6, 2024
A tiny bit of growth leads to nonlinear effects in the tails. As education improves 1 STD, the number of PhDs is multiplied by 42.
Need to calibrate with real nmbrs. pic.twitter.com/QRctYvJ6Qs
2/This is not about paper mills, etc., but genuine research (i.e., in Nature Index) and doctorates in medicine.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) July 6, 2024
Also this applies to skills in the tails, like STEM pple, not just PhDs.