No.13534
Best SHORT Rational Fiction out there to help become more rational. I don't have time to read +1000 pag fanfiction of fucking Harry Potter.
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No.13535
Rationalist fiction should be used for entertainment purposes only.
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No.13536
>>13535
Yes, but some can teach about rationality.
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No.13538
>>13534
Your whole approach is wrong.
READ THE SEQUENCES
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No.13539
>>13538
Little better than read HPMOR shit, still goddman man is to fucking long, another 1000 pages, I shame that a lost a post on lesswrong of dude that did some summary and editing and make a shot book about the principal point of the sequences and made a epub out of it.
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No.13540
>>13539
>I shame that a lost
Are you pretending to be drunk?
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No.13541
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No.13542
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No.13547
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No.13548
>>13538
Why would anyone want to waste their time reading an overly verbose retelling of some undergrad decision theory and probability textbooks sprinkled with quantum woo and evopsych anecdotes?
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No.13549
>>13548
Why would anyone want to waste their time on an imageboard based whose culture is based on these retellings?
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No.13551
>>13549
implying anyone besides big yud's most diehard suckups (soares, salamon, muehlhauser, galef) has even read the sequences
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No.13554
>>13549
That's a good question, considering that this place has approximately 1 active poster.
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No.13555
>>13554
/ratanon/ hivemind confirmed.
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No.13556
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No.13565
>>13554
I think it's more like 10
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No.13573
>>13565
Enough to start a group house.
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No.13574
>>13573
We could invite Scott!
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No.13680
I will write one about WWIII involving ethnobioweapons, AI, robots and drones. I want to reveal game-theoretical aspects of omnicide.
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No.14016
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No.14017
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No.14018
>>14017
This one's somewhat in line with rationalist concerns
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No.14019
>>14018
This is actual rationality.
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No.14020
>>14019
Depends.
Why does the universe never get destroyed, despite how often it gets close? Is it because of insane but unreliable luck, or because of the anthropic principle, or because there's some sort of physical law that something will always stop it, no matter how bad the odds?
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No.14021
>>14020
Good question, but if you're headed down that road you've got to also consider "why does the world never stay saved?" and "where were all these threats before the superheroes started showing up recently?"
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