Psychohistorian comments on Rationality Quotes: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: xamdam 02 July 2010 03:41:41PM 2 points [-]

=> A man who is not ashamed of being wrong will be thought of much by Abraham Lincoln?

As an aside, one should be ashamed of being wrong when there was sufficient time and information to be right, and still admit being wrong. It should lead to better care taken next time.

Comment author: Psychohistorian 03 July 2010 09:09:43PM 2 points [-]

Actually, "No valid inference."

A man who has admitted in the wrong may or may not be thought much of by Abraham Lincoln is the only thing we can infer, and it's too indefinite to count as a useful deductive truth.