mwaser comments on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Apprentice 04 November 2010 07:57:42AM 5 points [-]

While I don't particularly mind this being downvoted and would normally have expected it to be, I am slightly confused why this pantheistic anti-Bible quote is being downvoted while the pantheistic anti-Bible quote I posted it in reply to is being upvoted so much.

Comment author: mwaser 04 November 2010 12:18:39PM 3 points [-]

I can think of several reasons

  1. Your post appears to be a dominance game. Your bible will obliterate their bible.
  2. While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I would guess that the initial quote probably strikes many here as elegant poetry that is well worth sharing (and upvotes effectively equal sharing).
  3. Your post isn't particularly interesting so I would guess that it wouldn't attract any upovotes and point 1 means that it is nearly certain to attract at least two or three downvotes.