AdShea comments on Rationality quotes: October 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AdShea 13 October 2010 09:45:43PM 2 points [-]

Exactly the sort of quote I was looking for. The philosopher is asking about absolute truth, the engineer only cares about finding parameters for a model of reality that works well enough for what you need it to do.