Raw_Power comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 05 August 2011 04:32:00AM 5 points [-]

Counterexamples: Exhibit A: The battle of Marathon. Exhibit B: Teachers.

I question this example. Teachers are subject to the same restrictions regarding truthtelling.

Comment author: Raw_Power 05 August 2011 09:22:05AM 4 points [-]

Uncomfortable-truth telling yes, but they still impart massive amounts of truth, as in truth-as-empirically-valid-information.