scav comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: MixedNuts 03 August 2011 08:52:03AM 5 points [-]

While the racially charged term was likely appropriate in the source material, it severely restricts the domain of application of the quote, especially but not exclusively when removed from context.

Comment author: scav 03 August 2011 10:27:31AM 2 points [-]

Yeah, I'd rather have a few more lines of context to get why that's a rationality quote. I can take or leave the n-word; I'm assuming that particular spelling has the connotation that it is spoken between people with similar skin-melanin levels.