hyporational comments on Rationality Quotes December 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hyporational 03 December 2013 01:48:29AM 2 points [-]

An aglet... beautiful. I probably have a larger vocabulary in English than in Finnish by now. Lots of unknown knowns there I bet.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 03 December 2013 04:18:54AM 1 point [-]

I cannot for the life of me remember why I know that word.

Comment author: Roxolan 04 December 2013 05:19:47PM 1 point [-]

It's also a speed-boosting item in the video game Terraria. (I did not know the meaning of the word until now.)

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 03 December 2013 01:05:55PM 0 points [-]

It was a minor plot point in a Terry Pratchett novel. Could that be it?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 03 December 2013 05:51:30PM 0 points [-]

I don't think I've ever read any Pratchett novels, but I might well have read a summary or discussion of the relevant one.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 03 December 2013 07:32:36PM 0 points [-]

It was a pretty minor plot point, so that probably isn't it.