Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes November 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 November 2012 07:29:43PM 1 point [-]

To be honest, I just made this one up to have a third example, and also to show the level of self-reference possible. It's much less grounded in reality.

I was basically drawing attention to that fact. Also Ockham's razor is a great way to cut down on self-reference in these kinds of situations.

Comment author: MugaSofer 23 November 2012 10:39:20AM 0 points [-]

I specifically wanted a self-referential example because many posited real examples are self-referential in some way.