JQuinton comments on Rationality Quotes July 2013 - Less Wrong
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I can't find the original source for this, but I got it from an image floating around Facebook.
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.