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Nagendran Krishnamoorthi

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Nagendran’s Quotes

“I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

tags: hard-work, lazy, shortcuts, smart

52 likes

“To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

tags: ignorance, mystery, science

57 likes

“I don't want to rule the universe. I just think it could be more sensibly organised.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

tags: dark-side, organisation, rule-the-world, sense, universe

117 likes

“If the box contains a diamond,
I desire to believe that the box contains a diamond;
If the box does not contain a diamond,
I desire to believe that the box does not contain a diamond;
Let me not become attached to beliefs I may not want.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky

tags: rationality

6 likes

“World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

tags: euphemism, logic, optimisation

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