Rain comments on Rationality Quotes - September 2009 - Less Wrong
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-Arab proverb
Maybe it needs further explanation? Ink being the object with which books are created, and knowledge put down for others to use, you must be careful to avoid using that object directly and believing you have gained knowledge from it.
The blog post itself isn't the great insight, nor is the Reddit software it's running on, or the comment system, or the upvoting and downvoting. Insight can only come from the mind, and understanding the words and how they all link together into the idea being presented. The idea isn't in the text; it's an abstraction of the human mind.
Perhaps better summarized as, "Don't just read: think."
Alternatively, "Put down the RSS feed and go learn something."
I don't see the connection. The point of the original quote is that the medium is independent of the info it carries. You're quote says the opposite: one particular medium (RSS) is incapable of carrying info.
Puts me in mind of this passage
~ Friedrich Nietzsche, The Dawn
Better still when this kind of deep reflection doesn't turn out to be mindless trance or faithful chanting.