aausch comments on Rationality Quotes: February 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: aausch 07 February 2011 04:25:37PM 18 points [-]

As they say in Discworld, we are trying to unravel the Mighty Infinite using a language which was designed to tell one another where the fresh fruit was.

-- Terry Pratchett

Comment author: TheOtherDave 07 February 2011 04:42:36PM 6 points [-]

"Language is a drum on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the while we wish to move the stars to pity." -- Flaubert