RichardKennaway comments on Rationality Quotes Thread February 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kindly 02 February 2015 02:29:08PM 9 points [-]

Hypocrisy doesn't bother me. Everyone's got his ideal, and then the reality of what he can actually deliver. Scratch hypocrisy, and you're more likely to lose the ideal than the reality.

Milo Behr, Beowulf: A Bloody Calculus.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 03 February 2015 12:07:26AM 8 points [-]

Hypocrisy does not mean falling short of one's ideals. It means only pretending to hold them.

Comment author: Kindly 03 February 2015 02:22:12AM 3 points [-]

I think the same point still applies. I might pretend to hold grandiose ideals by accomplishing some small things in their support. Call me out on it, and I have no further reason to continue doing those small things.

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