Stabilizer comments on Rationality Quotes August 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stabilizer 06 August 2014 08:12:27PM *  2 points [-]

That one's a misquote. The original is:

Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in them.

Not exactly a rationality quote, is it? Here is another famous misquote of the same passage.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 06 August 2014 08:22:39PM 3 points [-]

Not exactly a rationality quote, is it?

I think it is, and it has been so regarded on LessWrong several times already, first here.