Nominull comments on Science vs. art - Less Wrong

4 Post author: PhilGoetz 16 March 2009 03:48PM

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Comment author: Nominull 16 March 2009 05:10:58PM 3 points [-]

Are you so sure that good art isn't destructive? It makes the rest of the world seem bland in comparison. When I started reading, at Eliezer's recommendation, the classic work of literature Fate/Stay Night, I found I had trouble reading other, lesser books, because, who cares?

An analogy might be to the Nymphs of Dungeons and Dragons - people who gazed upon their beauty would go blind or even die from despair that they would never see something so beautiful again.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 16 March 2009 09:03:29PM 8 points [-]

By induction, never do anything well.

Comment author: billswift 16 March 2009 05:30:23PM 0 points [-]

See Eliezer's postings on Superstimuli in OB. And more specifically his quote from the babykiller/superhappies series: "It's bad enough comparing yourself to Isaac Newton without comparing yourself to Kimball Kinnison."