Cyan comments on Rationality Quotes November 2013 - Less Wrong

5 Post author: malcolmocean 02 November 2013 08:35PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (388)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Cyan 14 November 2013 03:02:55AM *  1 point [-]

Who is this "we" you speak of?

If your objection is that it's mere text and not a quote, well, allow me to add an attribution. I do think you're taking the whole quotes thread idea a little more seriously than it was ever intended to be taken.

Comment author: Larks 15 November 2013 03:08:10AM 2 points [-]

If your objection is that it's ... not a quote,

No, I think that even if Russell or Jaynes had said it we (by which I mean, the Lesswrong community, or whatever that might mean) wouldn't consider it worthy of inclusion.

I don't want to see the quotes thread turn into the 'put Chesterton quotes on cat pictures' thread, let alone the 'put sub-standard quotes on non-cat pictures' thread

Comment author: Cyan 15 November 2013 03:24:28PM *  -2 points [-]

I deny that the quote is sub-standard. If you think it is, I suggest that you're not looking hard enough for the message.