wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 03 December 2011 07:02:21PM 6 points [-]

The downvotes this comment has received probably indicate that the downvoters either don't understand the quote or perhaps think I was quoting myself.

No. I downvoted (now) because it is a terribly inelegant and inaccurate way to express the slight grain of truth in the concept space.

The quote is speaking to emotional truths that, in all likelihood, can't be understood without life experience.

It isn't complicated at all. Someone raised in a bubble could understand given either a rudimentary education about animal behavior or a couple of sentences explanation.