Tesseract comments on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tesseract 05 November 2010 08:34:18PM 23 points [-]

Kołakowski's Law, or The Law of the Infinite Cornucopia:

For any given doctrine that one wants to believe, there is never a shortage of arguments by which to support it.

Leszek Kołakowski

Comment author: Drawbacks 23 November 2010 08:09:40PM 2 points [-]

If you set out to beat a dog, you're sure to find a stick. -- Old Yiddish Proverb

Comment author: wedrifid 05 November 2010 08:39:55PM 0 points [-]

I like it.

Comment author: stochastic 05 November 2010 10:26:49PM 0 points [-]