I couldn't help but wonder if the smile that peaked at 56:10 was due to Eliezer Yudkwosky thinking in the background of his success with the Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality fan-fiction.
For there is very little prestige when if comes to fanfiction. And he does mention Harry Potter less than a minute later.
Given that the first chapter of MoR was published on ffnet three weeks after this was posted, uh... probably not.
Link.
"Razib Khan has an academic background in the biological sciences, and has worked for many years in software. He is an Unz Foundation Junior Fellow. He lives in the western United States."
Razib's writings can be found on his blog, Gene Expression.