brazzy comments on Rationality Quotes November 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: brazzy 03 November 2011 12:23:38AM 2 points [-]

Or Terry Pratchett:

HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

Comment author: Bugmaster 03 November 2011 12:53:14AM * 0 points [-]

It seems like Terry Pratchett is explicitly contradicting Theodore Dreiser (IN ALL CAPS, no less).

Pratchett: "Humans need fantasy to be fully human."

Dreiser: "Fantasy is an atavism, humans need reason to be fully human."

Though it's possible that Dreiser was reflecting on cognitive bias, not on fantasy.

Comment author: bbleeker 03 November 2011 02:24:20PM * 3 points [-]

The ALL CAPS are because it's the character Death who is speaking here, in a voice like two concrete blocks being rubbed together, or the slamming of coffin lids.

Comment author: Bugmaster 03 November 2011 05:51:21PM 1 point [-]

That's what I figured, but it still looks weird without context.