Rings_of_Saturn comments on Raising the Sanity Waterline - Less Wrong

112 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 March 2009 04:28AM

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Comment author: Rings_of_Saturn 12 March 2009 09:12:18PM 16 points [-]

Johnicholas:

You leave yourself open to the reply that the non-rigorousness of the analogy makes it useless or even pernicious. Owning up to a fault doesn't make it go away.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 March 2009 09:19:49PM 10 points [-]

Owning up to a fault doesn't make it go away.

Congratulations, you have just reduced the proper use of humility to a single proverb. I shall endeavor to go around repeating this.