MichaelVassar comments on Rationalist Fiction - Less Wrong

27 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 March 2009 08:22AM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 19 March 2009 03:28:55PM 9 points [-]

But just "intelligence is useful" takes people farther than many intelligent people get. Seriously.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 March 2009 07:08:28PM 3 points [-]

Empirical data point: Read the Encyclopedia Brown books and liked them, was probably influenced to some degree or other.