Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Rationality Quotes - June 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 June 2009 02:03:05AM 2 points [-]

...voted up for the beauty with which the interpretation of this particular quote, depends on knowing the time in which it was written.

Comment author: hrishimittal 16 June 2009 02:32:51AM 6 points [-]

It reminds me very much of this quote attributed to Gautam Buddha:

"Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide."