malcolmocean comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 August 2013 05:09:14AM 9 points [-]

Nobody can believe nothing. When a man says he believes nothing, two things are true: first, that there is something in which he desperately, perhaps dearly, wishes not to believe; and second that there is some unspoken thing in which he secretly believes, perhaps even unknown to himself.

John C Wright

Comment author: malcolmocean 07 August 2013 03:23:48AM 2 points [-]

This sounds like it implies that both things must be true. It seems to me that either would be sufficient to justify someone saying they believe nothing.