grendelkhan comments on Rationality Quotes December 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: grendelkhan 04 December 2014 09:48:07PM * 32 points [-]

If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.

"Murphy's Laws of Combat"

Comment author: Lumifer 05 December 2014 03:50:03PM * 58 points [-]

If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.

This is what survivorship bias looks like from the inside.

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Comment author: aausch 28 December 2014 08:43:16PM 1 point [-]

the map is not the territory. if it's stupid and it works, update your map.

Comment author: Gondolinian 05 December 2014 03:24:24PM * 0 points [-]

One of my former fencing instructors had this as a sort of catchphrase. Needless to say, he was a pretty cool guy.