Nato_Welch comments on Rationality Quotes 11 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nato_Welch 04 March 2008 09:42:36PM 1 point [-]

//"Law of Conservation of Firepower: Any powerful weapon capable of destroying/defeating an opponent in a single shot will invariably be reserved and used only as a last resort."//

Of course it's the last resort; if the enemy has been destroyed, why keep firing?

This is like: When you've lost something, it's always in the last place you look.