Qwake comments on Rationality Quotes August 2014 - Less Wrong
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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense.
-Buddha
You mean never really change your mind? Sounds kinda dumb...
If the last half had said "own reason or common sense" all would be fine, I think.
I interpreted it to mean not to believe information simply because you hold the source of the information in high regard. It is very possible to change your mind and keep within your own reason and common sense.
This is the first time I've been prompted to advocate the merit of this related quote.
Isn't that, pretty much, a classic description of confirmation bias?
That one's a misquote. The original is:
Not exactly a rationality quote, is it? Here is another famous misquote of the same passage.
I think it is, and it has been so regarded on LessWrong several times already, first here.