Kevin comments on Rationality quotes: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin 02 March 2010 06:50:52AM 3 points [-]

Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

--Hunter S. Thompson

Comment author: wedrifid 02 March 2010 07:07:50AM 0 points [-]

A good one. It has me thinking just where he is going with the insight. There seems to be more than one level there.

Comment author: Kevin 02 March 2010 07:16:33AM *  2 points [-]

Full context here: there are different levels, but I think it was meant in the most literal sense -- really bad things can happen to people when you publish the absolute truth.