If you are not lost, then you’re at a place someone has already found… What’s the use of being in mapped territory?
Junot Diaz
A different perspective on a phrase our community holds near and dear
If that’s true, then there could be no use in finding a place because you would then follow the quote’s advice and never return again!
Per Bohr’s advice we can identify this as a meaningless ‘profound truth’ by reversing it:
If you are lost, then you are at a place no one has found before… What’s the use of being in unmapped territory?
I took the quote as a call to explore. Don’t just be satisfied with learning things other people have figured out, try to creatively venture into the unknown yourself.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/8n9/rationality_quotes_december_2011/5czw
If you are on Earth, then you’re at a place someone has already found.
I take Junot Diaz to mean “place” metaphorically, not geographically.
Junot Diaz
A different perspective on a phrase our community holds near and dear
If that’s true, then there could be no use in finding a place because you would then follow the quote’s advice and never return again!
Per Bohr’s advice we can identify this as a meaningless ‘profound truth’ by reversing it:
I took the quote as a call to explore. Don’t just be satisfied with learning things other people have figured out, try to creatively venture into the unknown yourself.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/8n9/rationality_quotes_december_2011/5czw
If you are on Earth, then you’re at a place someone has already found.
I take Junot Diaz to mean “place” metaphorically, not geographically.