NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes December 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 December 2012 08:24:29PM 3 points [-]

It would be a coincidence if the link that can be most easily strengthened turned out to be the weakest link.

--Seth Roberts, Online Teaching vs. What?, which also makes the point that the best books on a subject are rarely if ever textbooks

Comment author: MixedNuts 10 December 2012 08:39:23PM 3 points [-]

Most improvement mechanisms have diminishing returns.

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