SilasBarta comments on Rationality Quotes: October 2009 - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: SilasBarta 22 October 2009 08:51:09PM *  1 point [-]

Hyperbole that only seems clever to people who haven't experienced real pain. (Note: didn't mod down, because the follow-up discussion is interesting.)

Comment author: RobinZ 22 October 2009 09:00:05PM *  5 points [-]

It's excessive hyperbole, then. You would have preferred the quote went more like the following.

The most embarrassing point in any argument is the one where you realize you're wrong.

Comment author: SilasBarta 22 October 2009 09:05:50PM 0 points [-]

That works :-)

Comment author: billswift 24 October 2009 04:54:04PM 1 point [-]

I'm curious as to how you define real pain then. I had shingles 9 years ago and an infection that went systemic a year ago that was even more painful, though thankfully only for a day.