AndHisHorse comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 04 August 2013 03:45:16PM 2 points [-]

Isn't it better to examine a falsehood to discover why it was so popular and appealing before throwing it away?

Comment author: AndHisHorse 04 August 2013 07:18:34PM 6 points [-]

Then, to continue the metaphor, we should study it by telescope from afar, not as a present and influential entity in our own sphere of existence, but rather a distant body, informative but impotent, the object of curiosity rather than devotion.