Grognor comments on Rationality Quotes June 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 June 2012 11:55:29PM *  5 points [-]

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel

Yes I can. Speak for yourself (Buck).

Comment author: Grognor 05 June 2012 02:02:34PM 4 points [-]

I read it more charitably, as being isomorphic to Schopenhauer's "A man can do as he wills, but not will as he wills." The idea is that you are feeling something and not something else, and regardless of what you are feeling you can and should do right.