Kevin comments on Open Thread: September 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin 09 September 2011 03:55:53AM 4 points [-]

Agreed, Rand is a total no-go for college admissions essays.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 September 2011 04:49:41AM 1 point [-]

Who are some suitably high status inspirational folks to put on such essay.

Mind you college admissions here (Austrailia) are almost entirely based on high school exam scores so the information is completely useless to me!

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 09 September 2011 04:52:51AM 2 points [-]

Richard Feynman?

Comment author: wedrifid 09 September 2011 05:32:23AM *  1 point [-]

Oh, yeah. Him. I would be cringing as I wrote that. I'd be imagining myself rolling my eyes as I read piles of cookie cutter password guessing applications. Ick. But I'd force myself to write him anyway.

I wonder how much status you can get by dropping the name everyone drops. I suppose you at least wouldn't lose points.

Comment author: Kevin 09 September 2011 08:41:18AM 1 point [-]

This is the only inspirational thing I have ever read -- the now deleted post-movie option journals of a blind man that had his vision restored and had to teach himself how to see. http://web.archive.org/web/20040401192741/http://www.senderogroup.com/mikejournal.htm#Q1%202000

Comment author: wedrifid 09 September 2011 08:51:50AM *  0 points [-]

That reminds me. This guy is inspiring too! Raw badass.