chatquitevoit comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: chatquitevoit 24 June 2011 05:29:30PM 5 points [-]

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."

  • 1984, George Orwell (although I really shouldn't have to attribute this one)

Probably my favorite statement on rationality, it's so practical for launching off into every other sphere of thought - politics, ethics, theology, maths/physics, and, well, all else that follows.

Comment author: MichaelHoward 13 April 2012 06:42:51AM 0 points [-]

+1. Pyongyang just admitted to their own people that their rocket launch failed. Could this be a sign of the start of something significant?