Palantir CEO Alex Karp slammed short sellers in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday. "These people claim to be ethical, they are actually shorting one of the best businesses in the world," he said. "Pick something that is not doing a noble task." His comments come after a Monday filing revealed Michael Burry , the investor of "The Big Short" fame who predicted and profited from the collapse of the mid-2000s housing bubble, bet big against the software company last quarter. Palantir