Probably not found anywhere online, my favorite college professor, Ernest N. Roots, used to say, ” Things that are simply remarkable, become remarkably simple, once they are understood”. This has been my personal defense against arguments from ignorance ever since.
Welcome to LW! We post a new Rationality Quotes thread every month; the current one is October 2015 for a few more days, but you can find a link to the most recent one on the right sidebar if you’re looking at Main (the header “Latest Rationality Quote” is a link to the page, above a link to the latest quote).
Probably not found anywhere online, my favorite college professor, Ernest N. Roots, used to say, ” Things that are simply remarkable, become remarkably simple, once they are understood”. This has been my personal defense against arguments from ignorance ever since.
Welcome to LW! We post a new Rationality Quotes thread every month; the current one is October 2015 for a few more days, but you can find a link to the most recent one on the right sidebar if you’re looking at Main (the header “Latest Rationality Quote” is a link to the page, above a link to the latest quote).