thomblake comments on Open Thread: September 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 09 September 2011 02:06:06PM 2 points [-]

I stand by my statement.

If the essay asked about "the fictional character that had the greatest impact on you" or something to that effect and that person is HJPEV, then that's what you should write about. Otherwise, you'd be lying, and apart from the general wrongness of lying, you're going to write better about something that's true.

Comment author: gwern 09 September 2011 02:12:50PM 1 point [-]

I stand by my statement.

I didn't disagree.

Comment author: ahartell 09 September 2011 07:37:34PM 2 points [-]

Thank you by the way. Your post convinced me to write about him and illuminated the best way to handle it.

Comment author: gwern 09 September 2011 07:52:01PM 3 points [-]

If it's not too personal, I would be curious to see the final product.

Comment author: ahartell 09 September 2011 08:40:24PM 1 point [-]

If I like how it turns out and decide to stick with it I'll message it to you. I may not start for a while though.