Rationality Quotes March 2012

Thomas

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Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules:

Please post all quotes separately, so that they can be voted up/down separately. (If they are strongly related, reply to your own comments. If strongly ordered, then go ahead and post them together.)
Do not quote yourself
Do not quote comments/posts on LW/OB
No more than 5 quotes per person per monthly thread, please.

So that I can google for it - what's the original text? Thanks!

The version I've read is "Tutte le verità sono facili da capire quando sono rivelate, il difficile è scoprirle!" But that sounds like suspiciously modern Italian to me, so I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's itself a paraphrase.

ETA: Apparently it was quoted in Criminal Minds, season 6, episode 11, and I suspect the Italian dubbing backtranslated the English version of the show rather than looking for the original wording by Galileo. (Which would make my version above a third-level translation.)

ETA2: In the original version of Criminal ... (read more)

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