NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes April 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: parabarbarian 06 April 2016 12:32:41PM 6 points [-]

Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men. The little man has no way to judge and the shoddy lies are packaged more attractively. There is no way to offer color to a colorblind man, nor is there any way for us to give the man of imperfect brain the canny skill to distinguish a lie from a truth.

-- Robert A Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity, Loc 939 (Kindle edition)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 April 2016 02:21:38PM 0 points [-]

Which story is that? I'm betting on "Gulf".

Comment author: parabarbarian 12 April 2016 01:43:50AM 0 points [-]

And you would be correct.