imbatman comments on Rationality Quotes May 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: imbatman 21 May 2012 04:28:05PM 3 points [-]

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong."

Comment author: Oligopsony 21 May 2012 04:55:52PM 9 points [-]

Or that you've made an invalid inference.

Comment author: BillyOblivion 28 May 2012 07:32:59AM 3 points [-]

Or that both of them (to reference a previous Rationality Quotes entry on arguments) are wrong.

Comment author: MinibearRex 21 May 2012 06:19:07PM 1 point [-]

source?

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 21 May 2012 06:29:41PM 4 points [-]

Pretty sure that was Francisco d'Anconia aka Superman, in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

Comment author: imbatman 22 May 2012 09:48:37PM 2 points [-]

That's correct.