--- title: "11 You Quotes By Eliezer Yudkowsky" description: "11 You quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky. Plus more from Eliezer Yudkowsky and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_beings_when-you-think-of-intelligence-don-t-thi_2659567.png" --- > [When you think of intelligence, don't think of a college professor; think of human beings as opposed to chimpanzees. If you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/when-you-think-of-intelligence-don-t-think-of-a-college-professor/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_beings_when-you-think-of-intelligence-don-t-thi_2659567.png) > [A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/a-burning-itch-to-know-is-higher-than-a-solemn-vow-to-pursue-truth-to/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_both_a-burning-itch-to-know-is-higher-than-a_284074.jpg) > [Nothing you'll read as breaking news will ever hold a candle to the sheer beauty of settled science. Textbook science has carefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/nothing-you-ll-read-as-breaking-news-will-ever-hold-a-candle-to-the/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_beauty_nothing-you-ll-read-as-breaking-news-wil_1492417.png) > [The media thinks that only the cutting edge of science, the very latest controversies, are worth reporting on. How often do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-media-thinks-that-only-the-cutting-edge-of-science-the-very/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_anything_the-media-thinks-that-only-the-cutting-e_967177.jpg) > [In our skulls, we carry around 3 pounds of slimy, wet, greyish tissue, corrugated like crumpled toilet paper. You wouldn't think, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/in-our-skulls-we-carry-around-3-pounds-of-slimy-wet-greyish-tissue/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_around_in-our-skulls-we-carry-around-3-pounds-o_2211010.jpg) > [The human species was not born into a market economy. Bees won't sell you honey if you offer them an electronic funds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-human-species-was-not-born-into-a-market-economy-bees-won-t-sell/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_because_the-human-species-was-not-born-into-a-ma_228777.png) > [If you want to maximize your expected utility, you try to save the world and the future of intergalactic civilization instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/if-you-want-to-maximize-your-expected-utility-you-try-to-save-the/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_civilization_if-you-want-to-maximize-your-expected-ut_870010.png) > [My parents were early adopters, and I've been online since a rather young age. You should regard anything from 2001 or earlier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/my-parents-were-early-adopters-and-i-ve-been-online-since-a-rather/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_age_my-parents-were-early-adopters-and-i-ve_1922670.png) > [Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/let-the-winds-of-evidence-blow-you-about-as-though-you-are-a-leaf/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_about_let-the-winds-of-evidence-blow-you-about_1222688.png) > [The purest case of an intelligence explosion would be an Artificial Intelligence rewriting its own source code. The key idea is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-purest-case-of-an-intelligence-explosion-would-be-an-artificial/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_accelerate_the-purest-case-of-an-intelligence-explo_1092936.png) > [You cannot 'rationalize' what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called 'truthization.' There is no way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/you-cannot-rationalize-what-is-not-rational-to-begin-with-as-if-lying/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_argument_you-cannot-rationalize-what-is-not-ratio_2999979.png) ## Other authors on You ## More by Eliezer Yudkowsky > [“But I really am Ravenclaw, you know, not Slytherin. I don't want to rule the universe. I just think it could be more sensibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/but-i-really-am-ravenclaw-you-know-not-slytherin-i-don-t-want-to-rule/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“‎If you regard evidence as a constraint and seek to free yourself, you sell yourself into the chains of your whims. For you cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/if-you-regard-evidence-as-a-constraint-and-seek-to-free-yourself-you/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“I am not sure how to explain it, except that - truth matters to us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-am-not-sure-how-to-explain-it-except-that-truth-matters-to-us/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-see-little-hope-for-democracy-as-an-effective-form-of-government/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“He really really really shouldn't have done that. Amazing how much more obvious that became one second after it was too late.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/he-really-really-really-shouldn-t-have-done-that-amazing-how-much/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-m-wondering-if-there-s-a-spell-to-make-lightning-flash-in-the/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“There’s a technique we use in our local rationalist cluster called “Is That Your True Rejection?”, and it works like this: Before you stake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/there-s-a-technique-we-use-in-our-local-rationalist-cluster-called-is/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/lonely-dissent-doesn-t-feel-like-going-to-school-dressed-in-black-it/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“Knowing that Draco's hopeful face had probably been drilled into him by months of practice did not make it any less effective, Harry observed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/knowing-that-draco-s-hopeful-face-had-probably-been-drilled-into-him/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-strength-of-a-theory-is-not-what-it-allows-but-what-it-prohibits/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/it-is-triple-ultra-forbidden-to-respond-to-criticism-with-violence/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [The human species was not born into a market economy. Bees won't sell you honey if you offer them an electronic funds transfer. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-human-species-was-not-born-into-a-market-economy-bees-won-t-sell/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“Frigideiro! " said Hermione again from the desk next to him. Her water was solid ice and there were white crystals forming on the rim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/frigideiro-said-hermione-again-from-the-desk-next-to-him-her-water/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“And then Harry Potter had launched in to a speech that was inspiring, yet vague. A speech to the effect that Fred and George…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-then-harry-potter-had-launched-in-to-a-speech-that-was-inspiring/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“And I know that I'd just make myself unhappy by comparing that reality to... something perfect that I built up in my imagination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-i-know-that-i-d-just-make-myself-unhappy-by-comparing-that/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/eliezer-yudkowsky/#itemlist", "name": "11 You Quotes By Eliezer Yudkowsky", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you think of intelligence, don't think of a college professor; think of human beings as opposed to chimpanzees. 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