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Comment author: Kawoomba 14 June 2013 07:54:48AM 2 points [-]

Sith philosophy, for reference:

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.

Through passion, I gain strength.

Through strength, I gain power.

Through power, I gain victory.

Through victory, my chains are broken.

The Force shall free me.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 June 2013 02:05:04PM 7 points [-]

Actual use of Sith techniques seems to turn people evil at ridiculously accelerated rates. At least in-universe it seems that sensible people would write off this attractive-sounding philosophy as window dressing on an extremely damaging set of psychic techniques.