Pavitra comments on Rationality Quotes September 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dentin 04 September 2013 04:09:34PM *  32 points [-]

There is no glory, no beauty in death. Only loss. It does not have meaning. I will never see my loved ones again. They are permanently lost to the void. If this is the natural order of things, then I reject that order. I burn here my hopelessness, I burn here my constraints. By my hand, death shall fall. And if I fail, another shall take my place ... and another, and another, until this wound in the world is healed at last.

Anonymous, found written in the Temple at 2013 Burning Man

Comment author: Pavitra 04 September 2013 05:57:17PM 16 points [-]

Part of that seems to be from HPMOR. I'm not sure where the rest comes from.

Comment author: Dentin 04 September 2013 06:42:50PM 6 points [-]

Yeah, almost certainly HPMOR inspired. Eliezer's work has spread far.