PhilGoetz comments on Rationalist Fiction - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: MichaelGR 20 March 2009 12:29:35AM 2 points [-]

I read Dune a while ago, but I can't remember ever thinking that the characters were taking a rationalist approach.

Do you have any specific examples?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 22 March 2009 05:04:06AM 2 points [-]

There was a large subplot involving a scientist who was trying to terraform Dune.