TheOtherDave comments on Luminosity (Twilight fanfic) Part 2 Discussion Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: alethiophile 30 November 2010 03:07:37AM 2 points [-]

You know, it would be highly amusing for Elspeth to, for some plot-convenient reason, have to try to convince a fundamentalist, say, that evolution is true. (Insert similar setup here; it doesn't have to be evolution, that's just the first thing that came to mind.) Does she work equally well trying to convince someone of a position in debate that she honestly believes is true? If so, she could be the ultimate espionage tool, albeit a necessarily oblivious one.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 30 November 2010 03:18:15AM 3 points [-]

It probably ought not be evolution, unless Elspeth is actually in a position to give an account of human evolution that is consistent with what she knows about vampirism, lycanthropy, or witchcraft. In which case I would totally love to hear it, because I can't think of one.

Comment author: wedrifid 30 November 2010 04:15:29AM *  1 point [-]

Witchcraft, yes. Lycanthropy, at a stretch. Vampirism... not unless it involves cooevolution on Krypton! :P

Comment author: Alicorn 30 November 2010 05:21:06AM 3 points [-]

Witchcraft, yes.

Really? Now I'm curious. Let's hear it.