Konkvistador comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 13 January 2013 11:39:37PM 0 points [-]

Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

--Thomas Sowell

Comment author: hairyfigment 29 January 2013 06:52:26PM 1 point [-]

Comment author: [deleted] 29 January 2013 08:03:12PM 2 points [-]

Thank you!

Comment author: simplicio 14 January 2013 07:39:11PM 0 points [-]

Seems like an implausible view of the motivations of said intellectuals. Otherwise, agreed.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 January 2013 04:54:00AM 1 point [-]

an implausible view of the motivations

The first clause was a statement about what they think, not really about motivations, and quite plausible anyway.

The second statement was about what they do. Related to "adaptation executors not fitness maximizers".