lukeprog comments on Rationality Quotes: January 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lukeprog 05 January 2011 08:42:26AM 4 points [-]

I can't remember the source of the quote I'm thinking of, but it goes something like this:

"People always remark that I know so much about science and so little about celebrities, but they fail to see that the two are related."

Does anyone know the original quote?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 January 2011 09:16:43AM 23 points [-]

There's this:

People are always amazed by how much "free time" I have.
They're also amazed that I don't know who Ally McBeal is.
Frankly, I'm amazed that they can't make the connection."
-- Robert Wenzlaff
Comment author: lukeprog 05 January 2011 10:43:29AM 1 point [-]

Maybe that was it and I spruced it up in my head! Thanks.

Comment author: orthonormal 07 January 2011 03:59:40AM 0 points [-]

Related, from The Onion.

Comment author: RobinZ 05 January 2011 05:16:47PM 0 points [-]

Where did you find that quote originally?

Comment author: gwern 06 January 2011 09:05:53PM 2 points [-]

He posted it quite a while ago: http://lesswrong.com/lw/n8/rationality_quotes_9/

I was unable to track it any further - all the Google hits seem to trace back to this or the original posting.

Comment author: ata 06 January 2011 09:53:28PM 3 points [-]

Here's one of a few mailing list postings where he has it as his signature.

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