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Comment author: Kobayashi 06 October 2010 11:28:21PM 13 points [-]

"You can always reach me through my blog!" he panted. "Overpowering Falsehood dot com, the number one site for rational thinking about the future--"

  • Zendegi, by Greg Egan (2010)

Go ahead, down-vote me. It's still paradoxically-awesome to be burned in a Greg Egan novel...

Comment author: NihilCredo 07 October 2010 01:36:57AM 3 points [-]

What is the context of the quote? Is the OF.com guy a total dolt, an arrogant twat, a cloud cuckoolander, or what?

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 07 October 2010 06:38:18AM 4 points [-]

Found a couple of semi-spoilery reviews for Zendegi. Apparently it has stand-ins for Robin Hanson and SIAI as foils for the authorial message.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 October 2010 06:58:12AM 2 points [-]

Thought this was worthy of its own thread in Discussion so interested people won't miss it: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/2ti/greg_egan_disses_standins_for_overcoming_bias/

Comment author: gwern 07 October 2010 12:03:14AM 1 point [-]

Oh, I see - the ref is to 'Overcoming Bias.com'. For a moment I was confused because overpoweringfalsehood.com doesn't work and I didn't see any URL in your profile and I thought you were talking about you being burned and not all of us.

Comment author: MC_Escherichia 09 October 2010 10:25:01PM *  0 points [-]

Someone's snapped it up now: http://whois.domaintools.com/overpoweringfalsehood.com

Comment author: gwern 10 October 2010 12:03:17AM 2 points [-]

And not by someone who intends to use it for good, it seems.

(Only now do I realize that 'overpoweringfalsehood.com' isn't that bad a domain name.)

Comment author: iongantas 10 October 2010 01:34:39PM 6 points [-]

That depends entirely on whether 'overpowering' is a verb or an adjective.

Comment author: gwern 10 October 2010 02:18:09PM 2 points [-]

So... you're saying it would be a perfect replacement domain for timecube.com?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 10 October 2010 01:39:48PM 0 points [-]

Same applies to 'overcoming' of 'overcoming bias'.

Comment author: MC_Escherichia 10 October 2010 03:23:53PM 1 point [-]

"Overcoming" doesn't really work as an adjective.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 October 2010 11:56:53PM *  3 points [-]

My goodness, that bias is quite overcoming, wouldn't you say?

Comment author: MC_Escherichia 11 October 2010 12:34:04AM 6 points [-]

No, nobody would ever say that.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 11 October 2010 08:35:15AM 1 point [-]

Seems so, 79000 results for "is quite overpowering" compared to 1800 for "is quite overcoming".

Comment author: [deleted] 11 October 2010 02:50:03AM 1 point [-]

I realize. It was a joke to even see if it sounded like it fit.

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