Risto_Saarelma comments on Weird characters in the Sequences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jmmcd 18 November 2010 01:37:10PM * 2 points [-]

Speaking of weird characters in the sequences, I've always wondered who "the one", eg here, might be. Is it Neo from the Matrix by any chance?

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 18 November 2010 02:38:46PM 2 points [-]

It's a parable'y way of saying "someone" and "the same someone as earlier"?

Comment author: komponisto 18 November 2010 06:31:21PM * 2 points [-]

Indeed. Usually a stereotypical "person who doesn't 'get it'."

I've always thought that one of the ultimate LW insults would be: "you're so 'the one'."

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 18 November 2010 06:37:27PM 0 points [-]

I really didn't get that impression. Read it just as neutral affectation.

Comment author: komponisto 18 November 2010 06:39:41PM 1 point [-]

It's usually Eliezer's foil; a person espousing the incorrect view he's arguing against.