CronoDAS comments on Rationality quotes - May 2009 - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 19 May 2009 07:30PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 20 May 2009 04:27:56AM 0 points [-]

"If something's hard to do, it's probably not worth doing!" - Homer Simpson, slightly misquoted

Comment author: deathcakes 20 May 2009 01:59:46PM 0 points [-]

If something's worth doing, its worth doing right - Unknown

Comment author: MichaelBishop 20 May 2009 04:08:26PM 3 points [-]

Sure, for a certain definition of "something" and "doing right." But people often use an unhelpful definition of "doing right." I have over-invested in many projects. For example, I used to spend hours organizing my music collection.

Comment author: Nominull 20 May 2009 03:25:26PM 1 point [-]

And thus the contrapositive also holds: if something's not worth doing right, it's not worth doing at all.