Viliam comments on Exercise in rationality: popular quotes, revisited - Less Wrong
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It was a similiar quote I heard when I first realized there was a difference between being smart and signalling smartness.
I agree that for signalling purposes it is often better to remain quiet than to risk being wrong publicly.