gwern comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 03 December 2011 04:37:36PM 4 points [-]

I understand it fine; I object to it on literary grounds (healed/heal breaks the rhythmic symmetry) and a general suspicion that this is the kind of New Agey sentiment that seems correct initially but breaks down catastrophically when one finally finds some empirical evidence relating to it and is revealed to be nothing but a platitude.