Thomas comments on Rationality Quotes Thread July 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Thomas 20 July 2015 10:43:04AM 12 points [-]

Oscar Wilde

Comment author: Sarunas 22 July 2015 05:46:01PM 4 points [-]

A nitpick. This is a paraphrase of the original quote which can be found in The Portrait of Mr. W. H., page 29. The original quote is:

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Comment author: Username 30 July 2015 02:37:07PM 3 points [-]

But isn't it evidence that this man strongly believed it? And isn't someone's strong belief at least a weak evidence for it?

Comment author: Lumifer 30 July 2015 02:48:53PM 5 points [-]

And so we come to "A thing is not necessarily true because there is weak evidence for it" which seems like a fair statement :-)