DSimon comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DSimon 02 February 2011 06:20:47PM *  27 points [-]

Kräht der Hahn am Mist, ändert sich's Wetter oder es bleibt wie's ist.

-- Common German folk saying

Translates as "If the rooster crows on the manure pile, the weather will change or stay as it is." In other words, P(W|R) = P(W) when W is uncorrelated with R.

Comment author: DSimon 02 February 2011 06:26:12PM 31 points [-]

Another good one:

Ist's zu Sylvester hell und klar, ist am nächsten Tag Neujahr.

"If it's bright and clear on New Year's Eve, the next day will be New Year's."

Comment author: D_Alex 07 February 2011 07:14:28AM 8 points [-]

I'll chip in with this Russian saying:

"It is better to be rich and healthy than to be poor and sick!"

Comment author: Kutta 07 February 2011 09:43:12AM 8 points [-]

Woody Allen had a take on it too:

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Comment author: bbleeker 09 February 2011 05:20:28PM 3 points [-]

Als het regent in mei, is april al voorbij. (If it rains in May, April is already past)

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