Kaj_Sotala comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 April 2012 07:40:33PM 18 points [-]

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

G. K. Chesterton

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 04 April 2012 05:57:08AM 1 point [-]

Also:

Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 April 2012 06:32:15AM 2 points [-]

I was originally going to post that one, but decided to go with Chesterton's version since it better explains what is meant. (At the expense of loosing some of the snappiness.)

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