Manfred comments on Rationality quotes January 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 03 January 2012 09:01:56PM 2 points [-]

the majority of the time finding "answers" is foolishness

Agreed,

,whereas continuing to search for an answer is wise

Yeah, no. :P If there isn't an answer, and you understand why there isn't an answer, don't keep searching for an answer.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 04 January 2012 01:01:39AM *  1 point [-]

Yeah, no. :P If there isn't an answer, and you understand why there isn't an answer, don't keep searching for an answer.

As dlthomas pointed out, you seem to have replied to some stupid comment that is vaguely similar to mine except doesn't actually exist. Are you trolling? Or are you just kinda meh about this whole 'actually reading what the other person says' thing? I know I am sometimes.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 January 2012 02:04:41AM 2 points [-]

Why yes, now that you mention it: I do like purple. How did you know?

Comment author: Will_Newsome 04 January 2012 02:17:58AM 0 points [-]

The map is not the territory!

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 January 2012 03:23:20AM 0 points [-]

True. But I'm out of gas.

Comment author: Manfred 04 January 2012 04:38:27AM 0 points [-]

No, no, just failing basic reading comprehension / replying to the OP instead of the post I actually hit the "reply" button to.

Comment author: dlthomas 03 January 2012 09:45:04PM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, no. :P If there isn't an answer, and you understand why there isn't an answer, don't keep searching for an answer.

I think that's what the parent said.

Edited to add: Or that's not quite right - it's that you're speaking of a world the parent explicitly denied. The sentence before what you quoted was

It's not that big questions often don't have answers, it's that most proffered answers are often wrong.

Saying that what follows is wrong in the opposite case is immaterial.