MichaelGR comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelGR 03 February 2011 02:53:17PM 12 points [-]

It has never mattered to me that thirty million people might think I'm wrong. The number of people who thought Hitler was right did not make him right... Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?

-- Frank Zappa, quoted from The Real Frank Zappa Book

Comment author: David_Gerard 19 February 2011 08:24:54PM -1 points [-]

Zappa was a fantastic example of someone who kept their head firmly screwed on while simultaneously exercising his inner rampaging weirdness. Everyone should read the book.