A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning … - Eliezer Yudkowsky

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The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance.

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Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.

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Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

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Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo 's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at " capitalism " because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.

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