fortyeridania comments on Rationality quotes January 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MixedNuts 02 January 2012 02:39:19AM 5 points [-]

That seems rather applause-lighty. The reversal is abnormal; who would say "Use some things that don't work"? Maybe in some traditionalist cultures "Resist the appeal of using things that work but come from unworthy places" would sound wise, but on LessWrong it would likely get stares.

Comment author: fortyeridania 02 January 2012 11:45:04AM 11 points [-]

That seems rather applause-lighty.

I think many cited quotations sound applause-lighty. They are meant to by pithy encapsulations of LW themes, after all. And I don't think that's necessarily a problem; applause lights are a problem for things that might be taken as reasoning, like posts.