Comment on Rationalist Fiction

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:25:37 GMT

Mildly disagree. It's a military wank story cheerleading for rationalism/enlightenment/atheism, but not doing a particularly good job of promoting their values or showing what they are about. The characters are right because they have the author on their side, not because they reason well or are noticeably more sane than usual. It's remarkably enjoyable for the sort of story it is considering that the overwhelming disparity in power and author favorism kills much of the suspense, but I don't think you'd learn good cognitive habits from it.

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