augustuscaesar comments on The best 15 words - Less Wrong

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Comment author: augustuscaesar 07 October 2013 09:24:39PM 0 points [-]

Do you wish to know more about human beings? Then postulate less.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 October 2013 10:34:59AM 1 point [-]

Do you wish to know more about human beings? Then postulate less.

This seems wrong. Postulating seems to be a necessary part of exploring possibility space.

Comment author: [deleted] 08 October 2013 05:17:10AM -1 points [-]

That sounds like it should apply to much everything (except pure maths), not just human beings.

“Whenever you ass-u-me, you make an ass out of U and me.”