Vladimir_M comments on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 02 November 2010 11:05:59PM 1 point [-]

Ah, so it's about whether a plan meets some absolute standard, rather than which plan is best, and the moral is that just because I don't know of a plan that meets standard X is no reason to think your plan will - in fact the reverse.

Comment author: Vladimir_M 02 November 2010 11:26:40PM 4 points [-]

Basically, yes. For instance, the alcohol prohibitionists of Mencken's day were a prime example of the sort of people he targeted with this quote.