Will_Sawin comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 01 June 2011 11:01:42PM *  13 points [-]

If you use it, you had better be prepared to find yourself in the kind of place it takes you to.

Including such destinations as "Not being the unwilling sex toy of the big bald guy while in prison". Although if you also don't use 'fraud' you may find yourself not in jail in the first place - but it's not always so simple. It also leads you to the destination "still having your food, possessions, dignity and social status in your schoolyard despite having no control of whether you wish to be subject to that environment".

Comment author: Will_Sawin 02 June 2011 03:02:19AM 7 points [-]

Of course, sometimes one is prepared to find yourself in the kind of place it takes you to. The quote seems to already acknowledge this possibility.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 June 2011 05:10:07AM 3 points [-]

The quote seems to already acknowledge this possibility.

It does, hence allowing for me to phrase the counterpoint within the quote's own framework.