Benquo comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 03 December 2010 05:47:34PM 8 points [-]

That reminds me: when I was little, there was a puzzle in a happy meal that said, "Rearrange these letters to spell something that can make a canoe sink: ELAK." The correct answer, of course, was "leak". I was upset, because my answer was "a elk". (And now that I think about it, if you draw this as a causal diagram, "lake" should be a valid answer too.)

Comment author: Benquo 03 December 2010 08:12:07PM *  7 points [-]

Well, strictly speaking, if you pile KALE high enough on your canoe, it will also cause it to sink due to excess weight. But that doesn't make KALE the best or most likely answer.

I do like your answer, though.