gwern comments on Rationality Quotes: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: WrongBot 02 July 2010 12:52:08AM * 3 points [-]

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

-- Often attributed to Pablo Picasso, but I can't find a reliable source.

I'm quite curious to hear what LW thinks of this one.

Comment author: gwern 02 July 2010 04:58:24AM 2 points [-]

"Uproot your questions from their ground and the dangling roots will be seen. More questions!"

--'Mentat Zensufi admonition', Chapterhouse Dune; Frank Herbert