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Rationality Quotes July 2011

by Normal_Anomaly

3rd Jul 2011

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Here's the new quotes thread.

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Rationality Quotes July 2011 — LessWrong

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It's false

False.

and extremely arrogant

True. (So?)

and very dangerous.

True.

That's not a real way to think about the world.

False (unless he meant realistic?)

It's false

False.

I think the previous appearance of a quote about this Sherlock Holmes quote bears out its falsity, except for Laplace's Demon-type intelligences.

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It seems a bad heuristic to follow for ordinary folks, susceptible to overconfidence in their judgements of "impossibility".