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interesting to read that hpmor was a rationalist recruiting tool. I have very little patience for the entire rationalist movement, but I read and enjoyed it as
by zem 3y ago
interesting to read that hpmor was a rationalist recruiting tool. I have very little patience for the entire rationalist movement, but I read and enjoyed it as an entertaining piece of fanfic.
- buildbot 3y agoI've heard about the FanFic before, from someone who was super pro-rationlism/strong atheism/logical thinking type, but not that it was a recruiting tool which is very interesting and connects a lot of boxes.
- bell-cot 3y agoRecruiting tool??? Wow. I mostly enjoyed reading it - but it seemed to be a crackfic, set in an apocalyptic Harry Potter / Revelations / Bizarro World alternate reality. With the not-so-subtle message that rationalism would be quite maladaptive if not malevolent in anything resembling our universe...
- GalahiSimtam 3y agoIt appears that Bloomberg ran such a story this year spring. I recall I was aware of lesswrong.com when it was still about bayesian stuff and not the hive of basilisk oil salesmen. So, before I stumbled on the fanfic (penned by "Less Wrong"), but for plenty of folks it might have been the other way round.