nazgulnarsil comments on The Hero With A Thousand Chances - Less Wrong

62 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 July 2009 04:25AM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 31 July 2009 03:15:16PM *  1 point [-]

It is cheating; otherwise, why I can't I just randomly generate a story and then wag my finger at people who don't "get" what everything refers to, while never offering an explanation of my own?

For an example of this practice at its worst, see the move 2001: A Space Oddessy, starting from the "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite" card.

Comment author: nazgulnarsil 03 August 2009 01:37:38PM 4 points [-]

and 2001 is considered a masterpiece. kubrick wins.