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“Your strength as a rationalist is your ability to be more confused by fiction than by reality. If you're equally good at explaining any outcome, you have zero knowledge.”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“And one of the hidden secrets of science, passed down from a few rare teachers to their grad students, is how to avoid flushing new ideas down the toilet the instant you hear one you don't like.”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“Evil done in the name of good. Evil done in the name of evil. Which is worse?”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“The next time, Mr. Potter, that you choose to escalate a contest rather than lose, you may lose all the stakes you place on the table.”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“I'm not a psychopath, I'm just very creative.”
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
― Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
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