loqi comments on Rationality Quotes: October 2009 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2009 04:06PM

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Comment author: loqi 22 October 2009 05:31:07PM 16 points [-]

Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.

Comment author: childofbaud 25 October 2009 05:37:19PM * 3 points [-]

On a similar note, from the same author:

Breaking out of bad habits, rather than acquiring new ones, is the toughest aspect of learning.

—Edsger Dijkstra (EWD1036)