army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong
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Reversed stupidity is not intelligence. Would an idiot drink when they're thirsty? Yes they would.
Extremely good point! I liked this quote because I thought it was a funny way to describe taking the outside view, but you're completely right that it advocates reversed stupidity (at least when taken completely literally).
Also a duplicate, about which I made roughly the same comment the first time it was posted.