Zubon comments on Rationality Quotes May 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zubon 03 May 2013 03:50:45AM *  36 points [-]

A lot of people gave very selflessly to build this warship so we can go out and battle the vikings, but the time has come to admit that hard work and hope are no substitute for actual knowledge and that we've made a really shitty ship. If we sail this ship against the vikings, we'll be massacred immediately.

Oglaf webcomic, "Bilge"

(Oglaf is usually NSFW, so I'm not linking, even if this particular comic has nothing worse than coarse language.)

Comment author: Cyan 03 May 2013 04:53:55AM 17 points [-]

I'll do it!

Throw away months of hard work? Fuck that! Let's fight!

Comment author: gwern 03 May 2013 04:28:39PM 43 points [-]

A great illustration of sunk cost bias.

Comment author: Raemon 03 May 2013 09:12:35PM 9 points [-]

Took me a second.

Comment author: gjm 03 May 2013 10:11:27PM 20 points [-]

I find myself wondering whether that pun was the original impetus for the comic. (If so, I commend the artist's restraint, which isn't something one can often say about Oglaf.)

Comment author: jaibot 03 May 2013 10:27:52PM 36 points [-]

On the contrary, a sizable fraction of Oglaf's comics involve restraints.

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