wedrifid comments on Rationality quotes: October 2010 - LessWrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 08 October 2010 04:38:55AM 1 point [-]

And the reason I didn't say certainly fail because I try to avoid using the word "certain" unless I'm dealing with purely logical systems.

A worthy goal. Usually that will prevent you from making claims that are technically wrong despite being inspired by good thinking. This seems to be a rare case where defaulting to not using an absolute introduces the technical problem.

Comment author: James_K 08 October 2010 10:46:26AM 0 points [-]

Just an indication that one should avoid absolutes: even an absolute directive to avoid absolutes ;)