GabrielDuquette comments on Rationality Quotes April 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 April 2013 04:41:54AM * 12 points [-]

WAYS TO KILL 2 BIRDS W/ 1 STONE
1 Ricochet
2 Retrieve, rethrow
3 Line up birds precisely
4 Huge boulder
5 Use lovebirds, 2nd dies of grief

Comment author: wedrifid 11 April 2013 05:16:30AM * 17 points [-]

WAYS TO KILL 2 BIRDS W/ 1 STONE

Radioactive stone in nest.
Use stone to seal off the air supply to a cage of birds.
Economist: Sell a precious stone (diamond? Ruby?). Use the proceeds to purchase several dozen chickens. The purchase produces an expected number of bird deaths equal to approximately the number of chickens purchased through tiny changes at the margins, making chicken farming and slaughter slightly more viable.
Omega: Use stone to kill the dog that would have killed the cat that will now kill 40 birds over its extended lifespan.

Comment author: Maniakes 18 April 2013 01:01:46AM 8 points [-]

Punster: go on a hunting trip with Mick Jagger.

Comment author: malcolmocean 18 April 2013 06:47:21PM 2 points [-]

Double punster: it's hunting season for Jimmy Page's former band.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 April 2013 06:29:25PM 3 points [-]

Nice, but how is this a rationality quote? Is there some allegory that I'm missing?

Comment author: [deleted] 18 April 2013 06:34:41PM 2 points [-]

A funny example of seeing with fresh eyes, I guess?

Comment author: Kawoomba 18 April 2013 06:32:03PM 2 points [-]

Um, be creative? 11 upvotes.