anandjeyahar comments on Rationality Quotes November 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: anandjeyahar 02 November 2014 04:56:14PM 8 points [-]

This is also the same reason I like Alan Perlis's quote on programming languages. Paraphrased it reads "There's no point in learning a new language that doesn't teach you a new way of thinking." I equate "the new way of thinking" with maps here.