HonoreDB comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: HonoreDB 06 December 2010 05:41:04AM 9 points [-]

The scared fighter may be the best fighter, but the scared learner is always a poor learner.

--John Holt

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 07 December 2010 01:10:04PM 2 points [-]

Amusingly, the first time I read this I misread "scared" as "sacred." And it works either way.

Comment author: wedrifid 07 December 2010 01:23:39PM 1 point [-]

Amusingly, the first time I read this I misread "scared" as "sacred." And it works either way.

And for an added twist I read it as "scarred"...

Comment author: Tiiba 15 December 2010 03:51:53PM 0 points [-]

So what IS the best fighter?

Comment author: ciphergoth 15 December 2010 10:40:27PM 5 points [-]

The scared sacred scarred fighter, it would seem.