komponisto comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 06 August 2011 12:09:05AM 1 point [-]

Not really. I have a reaction like that to non-Euclidean geometry, but I don't know many things it can be used for.

Comment author: komponisto 06 August 2011 01:07:03AM 4 points [-]

non-Euclidean geometry...I don't know many things it can be used for.

Despite the fact that "non-Euclidean geometry" may sound like something that only concerns people in ivory towers, we all know of lots of things that aren't straight and flat, but instead are curved, bent, or distorted.