JQuinton comments on Rationality Quotes July 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JQuinton 11 July 2013 09:18:36PM 5 points [-]

To admit you were wrong is to declare that you are wiser now than you were before

I can't find the original source for this, but I got it from an image floating around Facebook.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 12 July 2013 03:15:12PM 2 points [-]

Well yes, this is true, but one may reasonably prefer a high steady state over an increase to the current level. It's better to have A in the past and A now, than B in the past and A now. The increase is only to be preferred if it is from B to A+, which does not follow from the admission of error.