Great to see you writing stuff again, and I really appreciate this very article, too.

I don't necessarily agree with Taleb's rejection of statistics. Yes, black swan events are occurring from time to time, but that does not mean that calculating the most probable development (and this is what statistical forecast is) is useless or worthless. If the most probable development is catastrophic enough, why argue with a black swan?

The point where I really agree a lot with you is that science needs to "sell" its results, forecasts and solution proposals in a much more attractive way.