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Eliezer Yudkowsky - Confusion exists in the map, not...
Confusion exists in the map, not in the territory. Unanswerable questions do not mark places where magic enters the universe. They mark places where your mind runs skew to reality. (Eliezer Yudkowsky)

Confusion exists in the map, not in the territory. Unanswerable questions do not mark places where magic enters the universe. They mark places where your mind runs skew to reality.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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