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Re:Give it five minutes by zotz on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:20PM (#3653571)
> The trick for me is to not open my mouth too soon before I've truly given the idea a chance to breathe a little.

Silence is the ultimate wisdom. I just proved I'm a fool by even mentioning it.

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Re:Give it five minutes by pshc on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:57PM (#3653734)
Tangental: reservation of judgement can be taken too far, becoming extreme relativism/pacifism/social signalling.

http://lesswrong.com/lw/yp/pretending_to_be_wise/

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Re:Give it five minutes by kstenerud on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:37PM (#3653644)
"Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses" - Boethius

(If you had kept your silence, you would have stayed a philosopher)

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