Multiheaded comments on Rationality Quotes February 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 February 2013 06:06:48AM 61 points [-]

It’s nice to elect the right people, but that’s not the way you solve things. The way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right things.

-- Milton Friedman

Comment author: Multiheaded 04 February 2013 06:32:54PM *  14 points [-]

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

-- Bertold Brecht

(I'm always amused when people of opposite political views express similar thoughts on society.)

Also:

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set some limit on infinite error.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 February 2013 12:28:40AM 1 point [-]

I think the Brecht quote is somewhat misleading. The problem is not that not enough people want/demand goodness, the problem is that it is too easy to profit by cheating without getting caught.

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