wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes: March 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 05 March 2011 05:07:01AM *  8 points [-]

I would rather see the pole coming so that I wouldn't run into it. I'm not sure this metaphor succeeded.

I rather suspect you miss the point of the metaphor. Perhaps you also missed the entirely literal meaning as well. Seeing the pole coming is not an option you have available if, as is the case with Kish and many of the people he works with, you do not have retinas.

Comment author: Dorikka 05 March 2011 05:14:02AM 4 points [-]

I definitely missed the literal meaning -- thanks.