gwern comments on Mere Messiahs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alejandro1 14 November 2011 03:05:29PM 9 points [-]

"Moreover, arguing that an error against God is infinite because He is infinite is like arguing that it is holy because God is, or like thinking that the injuries commited against a tiger must be striped." - Jorge Luis Borges

Comment author: gwern 14 November 2011 03:17:05PM 2 points [-]

A classic. I recently re-read my copy of his Nonfiction, so possibly I actually am remembering it from there rather than Constantine's Sword.