byrnema comments on Those who aspire to perfection - Less Wrong

-15 Post author: Will_Newsome 23 July 2011 10:24PM

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Comment author: byrnema 24 July 2011 03:09:57AM 0 points [-]

What's the Void? Maybe I don't know about it.

Comment author: steven0461 24 July 2011 03:19:57AM 0 points [-]

It's the twelfth virtue.

Comment author: byrnema 24 July 2011 03:41:51AM 1 point [-]

Thanks. So it's a good thing. Something like empiricism or truth and being purposeful and honest in meeting your goals rather than getting distracted.

Why is it called 'the Void'?

When I read the Virtues a long time ago, I thought it meant the concept of 'quality' I read about in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. But now I don't suppose such a Platonic concept could possibly have been intended.