Comment by patternist on Rationality Quotes March 2012 · 2012-03-06T16:09:16.848Z · LW · GW

Summary: Theory is to faith as our concept of physical necessitation is to that of social obligation.

"Could be" is to "is" as "ought" (or faith) is to "must"? Strikes me as a very nuanced term with diverse associations across brains, interesting analogy.