Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Rationality Quotes August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 August 2012 08:44:49AM 3 points [-]

I detect a contradiction between "brevity not seen as virtue" and "they couldn't afford paragraphs".

Comment author: James_K 31 August 2012 06:43:47AM 0 points [-]

Yes, I don't think "couldn't afford paper" is a good explanation, books of this nature were for wealthy people anyway.