komponisto comments on Rationality Quotes: April 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Carwajalca 18 May 2011 07:43:27PM 0 points [-]

Science is interesting, and if you don't agree you can fuck off.

By Richard Dawkins, quoting a former editor of New Scientist (here's at least one source). I don't think this quote contains any deep wisdom as such, but it made me laugh. Actually you could replace the word science with any other noun and it would still make grammatical sense.

Comment author: komponisto 18 May 2011 08:03:52PM *  1 point [-]

Actually you could replace the word science with any other noun and it would still make grammatical sense.

That is a consequence of the meaning of the term "grammatical sense", not a property of the particular sentence under discussion.

Comment author: Carwajalca 18 May 2011 08:16:10PM 2 points [-]

Good point. What I meant is that this quote could be used to defend anything. "Being irrational is interesting, and if you don't agree you can fuck off."