machrider comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: dvasya 02 August 2011 08:24PM

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Comment author: kpreid 02 August 2011 10:52:24PM 2 points [-]

It seems surprising that this is true. Why are functional things beautiful, even when they serve only their own purposes?

Comment author: machrider 03 August 2011 12:33:47AM 7 points [-]

Perhaps a better word would have been 'elegant'.