RichardKennaway comments on Rationality quotes: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 01 May 2010 07:30:49PM *  2 points [-]

I take your point about a "probe attack" and now I find what I wrote unsatisfactory. I'll try again:

Blueberry loves the idea that we're all insane homicidal maniacs, and doesn't like the other ideas, apparently on the grounds that the latter appear in a religious context. This looks like a classic example of judging the truth by the clothes it appears in.

Comment author: Rain 01 May 2010 08:59:29PM *  5 points [-]

Maybe I should have posted it like this:

As a species we're fundamentally insane. Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another. Why do you think we invented politics and religion?