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Stephen B. Leacock:Advertising may be described


Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
by Stephen B. Leacock


Lazarus Long:Delusions are often functional. A


Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
by Lazarus Long


Donald Davidson:The methodological advice to


The methodological advice to interpret in a way that optimizes agreement should not be conceived as resting on a charitable assumption about human intelligence that might turn out to be false. If we cannot find a way to interpret the utterances and other behaviour of a creature as revealing a set of beliefs largely consistent and true by our standards, we have no reason to count that creature as rational, as having beliefs, or as saying anything.
by Donald Davidson


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