Vaniver comments on Rationality Quotes July 2012 - LessWrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 03 July 2012 12:56:18AM 12 points [-]

Reality is the ultimate arbiter of truth. If your thoughts, beliefs, and actions aren't aligned with truth, your results will suffer.

--Steve Pavlina

Comment author: sketerpot 03 July 2012 01:49:20AM 23 points [-]

Or, because running into heavy objects is a good intuition pump:

Reality is what trips you up when you run around with your eyes closed.

I think this was in a book by James P. Hogan, but a bit of Googling only reveals one or two other people quoting it but not remembering where it came from.

Comment author: CannibalSmith 04 July 2012 05:48:57AM 1 point [-]

Haven't followed Steve since about 2008. What has he been up to? Is he still newageous?

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 July 2012 09:21:12AM 4 points [-]

Yes, he is. Steve's idea of truth differs a bit from the lesswrong consensus.

Comment author: Vaniver 04 July 2012 07:17:44AM 2 points [-]

I haven't looked into his new material in around a year, now, and even then I was focused on his old stuff (I found him through researching Uberman, I think). I believe the answer is "even more than he was then." That quote is from his 2009 book.

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