"To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty."

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Source : "Twelve Virtues of Rationality". Personal Website, yudkowsky.net.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Humble Quotes #Modesty Quotes #Rationality Quotes

“I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.”
“Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.”
“Be the best at what you do or the only one doing it.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 18, 2015
“Explosions are not comfortable.”
“He [Cassius Clay] became a Black Muslim, which is a pseudo-religion for unbright neurotics who feel the need to hate all white people.”
“Charity is the only lubricant that keeps the axle of the world creaking.”
“The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.”
“Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!”

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