gwern comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong
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If that's true, then there could be no use in finding a place because you would then follow the quote's advice and never return again!
Per Bohr's advice we can identify this as a meaningless 'profound truth' by reversing it:
I took the quote as a call to explore. Don't just be satisfied with learning things other people have figured out, try to creatively venture into the unknown yourself.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/8n9/rationality_quotes_december_2011/5czw