Jiro comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 23 September 2014 03:43:27PM *  3 points [-]

Someone who characterized the results the way they characterize them in this quote has learned some facts, but failed on the analysis.

It's like a quote which says "(correct mathematical result) proves that God has a direct hand in the creation of the world". That wouldn't be a rationality quote just because they really did learn a correct mathematical result.

Comment author: therufs 24 September 2014 03:29:14AM -1 points [-]

There are a lot of senses of 'quote' which I agree this does not fit well, but in the 'excerpt from an interesting article' sense I think it is, well, interesting.