shinoteki comments on [Infographic] A reminder as to how far the rationality waterline can climb (at least, for the US). - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shinoteki 26 November 2011 12:23:39PM 0 points [-]

Correspondence of beliefs to reality being desirable is no closer to being a tautology than financial institutes being on the side of rivers, undercover spies digging tunnels in the ground, or spectacles being drinking vessels.

Comment author: Logos01 26 November 2011 12:51:36PM *  -2 points [-]

Correspondence of beliefs to reality being desirable is no closer to being a tautology

If I had said something that meant something loosely correlated to this, your point would be valid. Instead, what I said was: "I value being right because it is right; I disvalue being wrong because it is wrong."