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tut comments on [Infographic] A reminder as to how far the rationality waterline can climb (at least, for the US). - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: tut 27 November 2011 05:27:25PM 4 points [-]

The very ability to formulate the statement requires knowledge that contradicts the belief.

Human beings are a lot closer relatives of parrots than of the kind of reasoner that would have a problem with making a statement just because they lacked the knowledge necessary for formulating it.

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