Caledonian2 comments on Rationality Quotes 5 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 24 January 2008 02:21:13PM 3 points [-]

Mein Kampf undoubtedly contains some true statements, that doesn't mean one would want to quote Hitler on a blog dedicated to rationality.

On the contrary, being willing to ignore the consensus that Hitler must always be demonized in every possible way and display a reasonable thing that he said seems to me to be a profound statement on one's willingness to be rational and consider arguments on their merits instead of weighing them by their sources.

But that's just me.