Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes Thread October 2015 - Less Wrong
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You may not be able to make a horse drink, but you can still lead it to water rather than merely point out it's thirsty. Teaching is a thing that people do with demonstrated beneficial results across a wide range of topics. Why would this be an exception?
I'm not pointing out it's thirsty, I'm pointing out there is no water where it thinks to drink.
In the analogy, water represents the point of the quote (possibly as applied to CEV). You're saying there is no point. I don't understand what you're trying to say in a way that is meaningful, but I won't bother asking because 'you can't do my thinking for me'.
Edit: fiiiine, what do you mean?