Eneasz comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

13 Post author: gwern 01 February 2011 05:46PM

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Comment author: Eneasz 02 February 2011 07:12:49PM 0 points [-]

I like the quote, but I downvoted. An upvote to the first person to identify why.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 02 February 2011 11:46:22PM 6 points [-]

Because of the "an upvote to whoever can identify the author"?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 02 February 2011 07:15:07PM 2 points [-]

Godwin's Law violation?

Comment author: MartinB 04 February 2011 02:24:25AM 1 point [-]

It's wrong.

Comment author: Blueberry 04 February 2011 11:31:30AM 0 points [-]

The comma splice? Please tell us...

Comment author: Eneasz 04 February 2011 05:41:14PM 3 points [-]

Oh, I assumed the answer was inherent in the question. :) As Sniffnoy said, because of the "an upvote to whoever can identify the author"

Comment author: Blueberry 05 February 2011 03:17:37PM 1 point [-]

Why would that cause a downvote?

Comment author: [deleted] 20 March 2011 11:55:58AM 1 point [-]

Because Robin can identify the author and a downvote is needed to balance that.

Comment author: false_vacuum 04 February 2011 12:58:01AM 0 points [-]

It's not about rationality?

Comment author: komponisto 02 February 2011 08:33:15PM 0 points [-]

The fact that it wasn't formatted as a

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