wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 25 December 2010 03:35:19AM 3 points [-]

I was actually curious how that quote would be received. The quote itself is insightful and relevant yet the author is a source of negative affect, approximately a terrorist. I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

Comment author: gwern 25 December 2010 03:39:47PM 0 points [-]

I'm not surprised. I think a number of us read Kevin Kelly's essay; he was a very smart guy and so avoids the most obvious errors; and even shares quite a few basic views with us - he just takes them in a different way ('one man's modus ponens is another man's modus tollens'). And I think he's been quoted and upvoted in the past.