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Comment author: scmbradley 03 February 2012 09:25:26PM 10 points [-]

Any logically coherent body of doctrine is sure to be in part painful and contrary to current prejudices

– Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy p. 98

Bertie is a goldmine of rationality quotes.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 February 2012 01:55:36AM 14 points [-]

Also don't confuse "logically coherent" with "true".

Comment author: Will_Newsome 10 February 2012 11:40:01AM 4 points [-]

You keep saying things I was gonna say. Dost thou haveth a blog perchance?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 11 February 2012 04:26:08AM *  2 points [-]

Thanks. Sorry, I don't have a blog.

Comment author: AspiringKnitter 11 February 2012 12:52:42AM 2 points [-]

Downvoted for incorrect subject-verb agreement.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 11 February 2012 06:21:29AM *  4 points [-]

It was purposeful. It's like "can i haz cheezburger?" but olde schoole.

Comment author: AspiringKnitter 11 February 2012 07:05:05AM *  4 points [-]

Un-downvoted. Sorry.

But it's "i can haz cheesburger?" btw. ;)

Comment author: fubarobfusco 12 February 2012 12:16:47AM 3 points [-]

You can't get ye flask.

Comment author: thomblake 16 February 2012 04:23:28PM 0 points [-]

It was purposeful

I don't believe you.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 16 February 2012 07:34:45PM *  1 point [-]

Really? There's precedent in my other comments. Massacring grammar is a compulsion I indulge in when I don't want to be seen as unreservedly endorsing something, in this case Eugine_Nier's comments.

E.g. I sent this to Vladimir_M in a private message:

Subject: I quite like your LW comments
Body: does you has blog or summat?

Comment author: pedanterrific 11 February 2012 01:03:18AM *  1 point [-]

That's a little much even for me, and I know what you're talking about.

Edit: Ok, so apparently people think it actually is important to phrase it "hast thou a blog". Shows what I know.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 February 2012 02:52:47AM 1 point [-]

I would think it should be "Dost thou havest a blog?"

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 February 2012 04:57:41PM 2 points [-]

I'm voting for "Hast thou a blog?" if one wants to use period English, but I'm going by feel. Does anyone actually know?

Comment author: gwern 18 February 2012 05:38:06PM 1 point [-]

May I suggest looking in period literature? If I Google Books "Hast thou a ", I see in the first page of results hits from John Bunyan, 1678-1684 and William Shakespeare, c. 1591, among lesser lights.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 February 2012 05:48:43PM 1 point [-]

Good point. Googling "Dost thou havest a " turns up two results, one of which is Eliezer's comment.

On the other hand, my instincts aren't perfect. I'd have bet that "havest" wasn't a word, but it is. "Hast" is a contraction of "havest".

I was wondering whether the problem was that "dost havest" is redundant, but "havest thou a" doesn't turn up anything period.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 February 2012 06:31:46PM 2 points [-]

Yeah, “dost thou havest” would be much like “does he has”...

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