Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are:
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Imani Coppola
A nice ideal. It'd be better world than this one if it were true.
Sometimes if it feels like everyone's being a dick it is actually because you are being not enough of a dick to everyone (at times when you ought to). Ever been to high school? Or, you know, interacted significantly with humans. Or even studied rudimentary game theory with which to establish priors for the likely behaviour of other agents conditional on your own.
The world is not ... (read more)