jschulter comments on Rationality Quotes July 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jschulter 10 July 2011 05:57:47PM *  3 points [-]

"When you are stubbornly making an argument, there is a possibility that you are uninformed, ignorant, in denial, and/or being a jerk. Of course, you might be right."

Comment author: Nominull 11 July 2011 05:18:43PM 2 points [-]

Not that being right means you're necessarily not uninformed, ignorant, or in denial. And being right is probably positively correlated with being a jerk, as most people measure things.

Comment author: jschulter 12 July 2011 06:46:26AM 0 points [-]

True. I was actually considering omitting the last sentence, as it doesn't really contribute much, but I wasn't sure if that would have been misleading as to the original meaning.