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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
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"Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" Quotes

Harry Potter embarks on an intellectual and rational journey, challenging the magical world's traditions and beliefs.

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The difference between science and playing with Legos is that you have to follow the instructions when you're working with Legos.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

scienceinstructions

The world isn't the way the world is, it's just the way the world is.

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perceptionreality

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

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braveryfear

Humans don't think with their heads, they think with their beliefs.

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thinkingbeliefs

It's not enough to know what to think, you have to know how to think.

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critical thinking

In every moment of choice, you create a new future.

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choicefuture

You don't have to be the person you were yesterday. You can choose to be someone different today.

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personal growthchange

Sometimes the most important lessons are the ones you learn outside the classroom.

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educationlife lessons

The true measure of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

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intelligenceimagination

The world doesn't make sense, so we have to make sense of the world.

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sense-making