shokwave comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 01 December 2011 01:49:41AM 5 points [-]

Better to leave them well-instructed and rich, surely?

Comment author: Nominull 01 December 2011 02:15:56AM 2 points [-]

you can trade money for goodness of instruction by e.g. hiring tutors

Comment author: Biater 01 December 2011 04:02:15AM 0 points [-]

Only if you are wise enough to know that, and wise enough to tell a good tutor from a poor one

Comment author: Nominull 01 December 2011 04:12:16AM 1 point [-]

Yeah, at some point you have to be wise enough to listen to Epictetus, too. Maybe you could get him to recommend you a tutor.

Reminds me of Sartre's talk of despair and abandonment. In the end there is no way to avoid taking responsibility for our actions. Oh well!

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