Tom_Talbot comments on Rationality Quotes: October 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tom_Talbot 22 October 2009 09:59:33PM 7 points [-]

I won’t teach a man who is not eager to learn, nor will I explain to one incapable of forming his own ideas. Nor have I anything more to say to those who, after I have made clear one corner of the subject, cannot deduce the other three.

Confucius

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 26 October 2009 11:44:21PM 0 points [-]

i.e. if you don't agree with me, you're stupid.

Comment author: RobinZ 26 October 2009 11:49:29PM 0 points [-]

On the contrary: an intelligent student can deduce the consequences of a thesis without believing it -- one must, to form a reliable judgement of its accuracy.

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