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Of course it isn't. But I don't think that's a very good standard to be holding most forms of advice to. Very little advice is always good advice; nearly all sayings have exceptions. The fact is, however, that Lasker's (sort of Lasker's, anyway) quotation is useful most of the time, both in chess and out of chess (since unless you're playing a blitz game, you're likely to have plenty of time to think), and for a rationality quote, that suffices.
I don't think that's the case. Of LW I would expect that more people suffer from perfectionism than there are people who optimize for satisfaction too much.
On LW, certainly. In general, no.
This raises an interesting question -- What should I do with Rationality Quotes entries which I think are preaching to the choir, i.e. they are good advice for most of the general population but most of the people who will actually read them here had better reverse? Should I upvote them or downvote them?
Would you rather see more quotes like that?
Or fewer?
Or are you not sure?