"Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse……" — Eliezer Yudkowsky
"Trying and getting hurt can't possibly be worse for you than being... stuck."
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67 Quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky has 67 quotes on this site.
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There is light in the world, and it is us!
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That which the truth nourishes should thrive.
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If the iron is hot, I desire to believe it is hot, and if it is cool, I desire to…
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Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once…
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The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally…
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The police officer who puts their life on the line with no superpowers, no X-Ray vision, no super-strength, no ability…
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If people got hit on the head by a baseball bat every week, pretty soon they would invent reasons why…
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There are no surprising facts, only models that are surprised by facts; and if a model is surprised by the…
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Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed…
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You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.
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Do not flinch from experiences that might destroy your beliefs. The thought you cannot think controls you more than thoughts…
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I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know…
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate…
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
— Richard Bach
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it…
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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Action is the antidote to despair.
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