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: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2009 08:13:33PM 2 points [-]

Why is this being voted down? I'm pretty sure Nominull didn't post the quote in order to endorse it as a normative sentiment. There's an ick reaction so you hit "Vote down"? But that's not what decides whether a quote is a good thing to have read!

Comment author: SilasBarta 22 October 2009 09:07:41PM *  1 point [-]

I think the only ick reaction here is from my examples of experiences that are much more painful than any epistemic event.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 October 2009 02:30:54AM 3 points [-]

(Agree, and add that) It is often more frustrating when I realise I am not wrong, can reliably reverse engineer the other's thought process, know that they will jump back to this error whenever an even tangentially related topic is discussed and I must now choose between rapport and reason. The death cry of mutual respect.