Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Rationality Quotes February 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 01 February 2013 06:08:33PM 34 points [-]

Things that are your fault are good because they can be fixed. If they're someone else's fault, you have to fix them, and that's much harder.

-- Geoff Anders (paraphrased)

Comment author: Giles 09 February 2013 04:34:03AM 4 points [-]

Did he mean if they're someone else's fault then you have to fix the person?

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 09 February 2013 05:39:44AM 3 points [-]

Yep.