Psychohistorian comments on Rationality Quotes - June 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: smoofra 15 June 2009 03:49:24PM *  8 points [-]

"I don't, I've come to believe, have to agree with you to like you, or respect you."

--Anthony Bourdain.

Never forget that your opponents are not evil mutants. They are the heroes of their own stories, and if you can't fathom why they do what they do, or why they believe what they believe, that's your failing not theirs.

Comment author: Psychohistorian 16 June 2009 01:13:35AM *  2 points [-]

Removing the second and either the third or fourth clauses would make this a much stronger quote, i.e.

I don't have to agree with you to respect you.

Comment author: smoofra 16 June 2009 03:15:09AM 2 points [-]

Yea, but then it wouldn't be a quote anymore!