Incorrect comments on Rationality Quotes July 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Incorrect 27 July 2012 02:53:34PM 2 points [-]

I think it is intended to mean "If you want to accomplish impractical things, work on practical subtasks."

I don't see what's wrong with that.

Comment author: wedrifid 27 July 2012 03:14:22PM 4 points [-]

I think it is intended to mean "If you want to accomplish impractical things, work on practical subtasks."

That's an excellent quote. Let's find an impressive external source who says that and quote them!

Comment author: TheOtherDave 27 July 2012 05:42:02PM 5 points [-]

Or, failing that, pick an impressive external source and ask them to write back to you saying that, so you can subsequently quote it attributed to "Impressive Source (private communication)"

Comment author: wedrifid 27 July 2012 06:31:29PM 2 points [-]

Or, failing that, pick an impressive external source and ask them to write back to you saying that, so you can subsequently quote it attributed to "Impressive Source (private communication)"

Excellent idea. I used to do this on certain assignments at times.

Comment author: DaFranker 27 July 2012 06:22:15PM 0 points [-]

As a variant: Introduce some freeloader code in Watson to have it randomly blurt out quotes from a list of quotations sent to a specific email address each time it appears in public.

This gives you both the Impressive Source criterion and a public statement of the quote.

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