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Thank you, I was about to comment on this; you've given me a needed data point.
Permutation City is the only work of fiction I've enjoyed that I do not go around recommending, because I'm wary that to a reader without the requisite specialized background to separate the parts based on real science from the parts that are pure fiction, it might actually be something of a memetic hazard.
If you are going to recommend it, I would suggest accompanying the recommendation with a link to the antidote
So your strategy is basically 'subjective anticipation is a useful but ultimately incoherent idea; Permutation City takes it to an absurdum'?
That's a good idea, but I don't think your antidote post is strong enough. Subjective anticipation is a deeply-held belief, after all.
I agree, I think the antidote post is better than nothing, but I recommend it in addition to, not instead of, the memetic hazard label.