Misovlogos comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Torello 01 September 2014 07:06:59PM 4 points [-]

Perceiving magic is precisely the same thing as perceiving the limits of your own understanding.

-Jaron Lanier, Who Owns the Future?, (e-reader does not provide page number)

Comment author: [deleted] 02 September 2014 02:43:38PM *  2 points [-]

The percept of magic, given its possible hallucination or implantation, is not necessarily an instance of limited understanding; certainly not in the relevant sense here, at least.