“Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit.” FeelsSchoolBlackLonelySuitsClownDissent Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“The human brain cannot release enough neurotransmitters to feel emotion a thousand times as strong as the grief of one funeral. A prospective risk going from 10,000,000 deaths to 100,000,000 deaths does not multiply by ten the strength of our determination to stop it. It adds one more zero on paper for our eyes to glaze over.” FeelsHumansDoeEnoughEyeStrongGriefEmotionBrainRiskThousandTenPaperDeterminationAddReleaseZeroFuneralHuman BrainNeurotransmitters Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“If I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise, they will still have a hole in their mind for "deep truths" that needs filling, and they will go off and fill their heads with complete nonsense that has been written in a more satisfying style.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsMindHas BeensStillsImportantViewsWrittenTeachingStyleHolesNonsenseSatisfyingFillingDeep Things Author: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.” KnowsFeelsDesireIgnoranceHigherCuriosityIgnorantPursueBurningVowSolemn Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen everything and know better. Or because putting something down feels like pushing yourself up.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindDoeSeemsLike YouMarkAppealsMaturityPushingCynicismSophisticationPush Yourself Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“What people really believe doesn't feel like a BELIEF, it feels like the way the world IS.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsBelieveBelief Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“- Every time someone cries out in prayer and I can't answer, I feel guilty about not being God. - That doesn't sound good. - I understand that I have a problem, and I know what I need to do to solve it, all right? I'm working on it. Of course, Harry hadn't said what the solution was. The solution, obviously, was to hurry up and become God.” KnowsNeedsFeelsSaidI CanProblemCoursesSoundPrayerAnswersCrySolutionsSolveGuilty Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“Do not flinch from experiences that might destroy your beliefs. The thought you cannot think controls you more than thoughts you speak aloud. Submit yourself to ordeals and test yourself in fire. Relinquish the emotion which rests upon a mistaken belief, and seek to feel fully that emotion which fits the facts.” ThinkingFeelsFactsMightBeliefSpeakEmotionFireFitTestsSubmitMistakenOrdeals Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
