kpreid comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kpreid 19 August 2011 03:03:44AM 2 points [-]

I have empirically determined that this quote is excellent for reading aloud. 2/3 of the audience was moved to applause.

Comment author: gwern 19 August 2011 03:10:05AM 1 point [-]

Cool! What audience was that?

Comment author: kpreid 19 August 2011 05:00:29PM 2 points [-]

3 coworkers at lunch. I used it for comparison with the (arguable) equivalent problem with deliberate experiments on law/government/society, which was the topic of discussion.

But my conclusion above is probably mostly due to that the quote is written as a story; it even has text explicitly indicating tone of voice.