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27 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 December 2007 04:36AM

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Comment author: Unknown 24 December 2007 01:26:35PM 16 points [-]

The reason ancient wisdom is praised is not because its authors lived in the past and have a shorter history. The reason is that it was sufficiently meaningful to be remembered until the present, i.e. for a long period of history. Something which is affirmed by someone in the present has not yet passed this test, although it may well succeed in the future.