Viliam comments on Rationality Quotes Thread August 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam 07 August 2015 08:52:03AM 13 points [-]

When something impossible happens, there are only two possibilities. Either your assumptions are wrong or you have gone crazy.

Psycho Pass S02E07

Comment author: Romashka 08 August 2015 04:34:57PM 13 points [-]

A shorter, though narrower heuristic is 'if a horse tells you that you are crazy, you are.':)

Comment author: [deleted] 22 August 2015 09:04:08PM 3 points [-]

That's not a very helpful test. I know I'm crazy. I'm crazy even when my assumptions are right and only ordinary things are happening.

Comment author: knb 23 August 2015 01:18:58AM 2 points [-]

Psycho Pass is a pretty good show, definitely on my "recommend list." Also a pretty good example of something Yvain mentioned recently, a dystopia that isn't necessarily as bad as it is depicted.