hedges comments on Rationality Quotes June 2013 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Thomas 03 June 2013 03:08AM

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 15 June 2013 07:50:39PM 4 points [-]

This seems empirically false.

Comment author: hedges 15 June 2013 08:01:27PM 0 points [-]

It almost certainly is, but does that matter? It is a slogan for any time when the powers that be are diminished by the truth.

Comment author: Nominull 16 June 2013 08:47:57AM 5 points [-]

Today we kneel only to hypocrisy.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 18 June 2013 11:46:14AM 1 point [-]

Yes, it matters if we are deluding ourselves into thinking ourselves better than we are. False self-gratification prevents us from actually improving.