dlthomas comments on Rationality quotes January 2012 - Less Wrong

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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.