Cyan comments on Rationality Quotes January 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gaffa 07 January 2010 01:49:18PM 5 points [-]

He thought he knew that there was no point in heading any further in that direction, and, as Socrates never tired of pointing out, thinking that you know when you don't is the main cause of philosophical paralysis.

-- Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Comment author: Cyan 07 January 2010 04:29:33PM 5 points [-]

Just out of curiosity, who is being discussed, and what direction did he discount?