RichardKennaway comments on Rationality quotes: August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 03 August 2010 07:44:31AM *  13 points [-]

Man cannot understand the perfection and imperfections of his chosen art if he cannot see the value in other arts. Following rules only permits development up to a point in technique and then the student and artist has to learn more and seek further. It makes sense to study other arts as well as those of strategy. Who has not learned something more about themselves by watching the activities of others? To learn the sword study the guitar. To learn the fist study commerce. To just study the sword will make you narrow-minded and will not permit you to grow outward.

-- Musashi, "A Book of Five Rings"

Comment author: MichaelVassar 04 August 2010 03:49:31AM 4 points [-]

Pretty much the opposite of the foundation of modern education and social organization.