MichaelHoward comments on Rationality Quotes: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelHoward 02 July 2010 10:35:55PM 4 points [-]

It ought to mean acquiring a method — a method that can be used on any problem that one meets — and not simply piling up a lot of facts.

-- George Orwell

Comment author: Theist 09 July 2010 07:48:37PM 4 points [-]

I think it would be more clear if it included the previous sentence:

Clearly, scientific education ought to mean the implanting of a rational, sceptical, experimental habit of mind.

Or perhaps just substituting "[Scientific education]" for "It".