Halfwit comments on Rationality Quotes June 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Halfwit 02 June 2013 10:03:14PM *  6 points [-]

"Why do people worry about mad scientists? It's the mad engineers you have to watch out for." - Lochmon

Comment author: DanielLC 03 June 2013 03:25:40AM 20 points [-]

Considering the "mad scientists" keep building stuff, perhaps the question is "Why do people keep calling mad engineers mad scientists?"

Comment author: tgb 03 June 2013 06:44:06PM 8 points [-]

Comic

Comment author: Caspian 08 June 2013 01:19:00AM *  0 points [-]

I want to use one of those phrases in conversation. Either grfgvat n znq ulcbgurfvf be znxvat znq bofreingvbaf (spoilers de-rot13ed)

Also I found the creator's page for the comic http://cowbirdsinlove.com/46

Comment author: kpreid 14 July 2013 06:01:00PM 0 points [-]

"These are Komarran terrorists. Madmen—you can't negotiate with them!"

“But I don't think [spoiler] is a madman. He's not even a mad scientist. He's merely a very upset engineer.”

— Miles Vorkosigan, Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold

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