somervta comments on Rationality Quotes August 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qwake 17 August 2014 03:32:17AM 9 points [-]

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Albert Einstein

Comment author: somervta 17 August 2014 10:25:28AM 12 points [-]

I don't suppose you have a source for the quote? (at this point, my default is to disbelieve any attribution of a quote unknown to me to Einstein)

Comment author: jazmt 17 August 2014 07:47:16PM 5 points [-]

according to this website (http://ravallirepublic.com/news/opinion/viewpoint/article_876e97ba-1aff-11e2-9a10-0019bb2963f4.html) it is part of 'aphorisms for leo baeck' (which I think is printed in 'ideas and opinions' but I don't have access to the book right now to check)

Comment author: Qwake 18 August 2014 05:31:57AM 1 point [-]

Thank you for finding the source (I read it in a book and was to lazy to fact check it).

Comment author: somervta 17 August 2014 10:40:07PM 1 point [-]

Thanks! I didn't fine it with my minute of googling, good to know it's legit.

Comment author: arundelo 17 August 2014 08:34:59PM 1 point [-]

Yep, it shows up in Google Books's copy of Ideas and Opinions.

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