sixes_and_sevens comments on Rationality Quotes November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 01 December 2009 12:40:47PM *  3 points [-]

What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received the information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output.

-- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 December 2009 09:39:23PM 0 points [-]

But beware, lest the input becomes master over you.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 03 December 2009 09:25:35AM 2 points [-]

I think the implication is that, by default, the input is already your master, and this is an undesirable state of affairs.

Comment author: wedrifid 01 December 2009 01:07:30PM 0 points [-]

How about I take control of my output and so master my input? Seems to work better for me.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 01 December 2009 02:18:32PM 0 points [-]

What distinction are both of you making between "take control of" and "master"?

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