MarkusRamikin comments on Rationality Quotes August 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Scottbert 08 August 2012 02:34:31AM *  20 points [-]

reinventing the wheel is exactly what allows us to travel 80mph without even feeling it. the original wheel fell apart at about 5mph after 100 yards. now they're rubber, self-healing, last 4000 times longer. whoever intended the phrase "you're reinventing the wheel" to be an insult was an idiot.

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Comment author: MarkusRamikin 30 January 2013 10:39:20AM *  3 points [-]

Clever-sounding and wrong is perhaps the worst combination in a rationality quote.