Comment by smdaniel2 on Attention Lurkers: Please say hi · 2010-11-11T02:43:02.822Z · LW · GW

howdy do da. i finally brought myself to comment the other day. I may post some thoughts soon enough. i've found this website to be pretty influential. i'm here for the long run

Comment by smdaniel2 on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 · 2010-11-08T06:29:04.306Z · LW · GW

half of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at

solomon short (david gerrold's fictional character)

Comment by smdaniel2 on Rationality Quotes: November 2010 · 2010-11-08T06:09:04.951Z · LW · GW

reapplying it to another context changes the meaning. because of einstein's explicitly stated opinions on the meaning of God (and the Lord), we can understand his meaning to be synonymous with that of nature and its order.

"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings."

"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. " - 1936

Talib Kweli, on the other hand, hasn't given us a clear opinion of his thoughts on the term God. There is no evidence for us to assume that the meaning he gives to the term God would fit in the context of this quote.