RichardKennaway comments on Rationality quotes: August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 04 August 2010 09:23:07AM 0 points [-]

That's interesting, considering who the character is. I googled up some context, and Quixote is in one of his lucid phases here, where he speaks with wisdom on everything except himself.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 August 2010 12:47:47AM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, it's an ironic quote. For what it's worth, I also see some shades of GEB in this.