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If you read the quote in context, then it's coming from a person who may have inherited paranoid schizophrenia from her father. The quote may be an attempt to add credence to thoughts and impulses that, for a while at least, align with rationality-as-we-know-it.
Taken out of context, it's a good mantra that you can apply as politely or impolitely as you like. You can even reword it so that it no longer requires attribution, thus removing the context you don't like.
Out of context, I still get a little red flag when I see the "I can't stop myself" part.
Though perhaps that might be because I didn't quite manage to divorce it from context in my mind...
EDIT: Anyway, I think context matters, the spirit in which a quote was originally made should be taken into consideration. So I downvoted the quote because I don't want people to look up the source and then perceive that kind of smartassery as "rationality" as approved by lesswrongians.
Yeah, I see your point. You won't accept a version with "I can't stop myself" removed?
I suppose... But if we change it and read it as being about something else (than what it was about in the original context) then it isn't really a rationality quote any more, is it?
Can it suffice that I understood where you're coming from and respect what you were trying to say? (even before getting here, I upvoted your previous comment, for clarity and responding well without being defensive.) I just object to that quote, not to the sentiment you're trying to express.
Thanks for the even-handed and accurate criticism. Rationality is awesome!