You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

solipsist comments on Engaging Intellectual Elites at Less Wrong - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: lukeprog 13 August 2013 05:55PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (136)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: solipsist 16 August 2013 06:08:30PM -1 points [-]

See Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Or, alternatively, skip it, because it's horribly over-rated.

Comment author: Bugmaster 16 August 2013 06:27:59PM 0 points [-]

I don't see the relevance. The notion of "quality" as an independent substance, as it is presented in the book, bears little relevance to lukeprog's post.

FWIW I did enjoy Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The philosophy in the book is shoddy and full of holes, of course, but it's not a book about philosophy -- it's a book about one man's struggle with love and madness.