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Comment author: dclayh 24 May 2010 10:23:05PM 4 points [-]

Also, one of Eliezer's weaker points as a fiction writer is his inability to simulate poor reasoners in a realistic way.

As an aside, to see poor reasoning done in a very compelling way, read Umberto Eco. In particular, The Island of the Day Before and Baudolino contain extended examples of people trying to reason absent any kind of scientific framework.