dlthomas comments on Rationality Quotes November 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gaffa 31 October 2011 06:41:50PM 21 points [-]

You can't make a movie and say 'It was all a big accident' - no, it has to be a conspiracy, people plotting together. Because in a story, a story is about intention. A story is not about spontaneous order or complex human institutions which are the product of human action but not of human design - no, a story is about evil people plotting together.

Comment author: dlthomas 31 October 2011 06:50:43PM 11 points [-]

Apparently he hasn't seen many Cohen brothers movies...

Comment author: dlthomas 31 October 2011 07:35:15PM 4 points [-]

Which isn't to say this undermines his overall point - such movies are the exception, and interesting partly because of that - just that his language was too forceful.

Comment author: juliawise 01 November 2011 10:13:51PM 4 points [-]

Or movies that are about relationships instead of stuff blowing up. There are plenty of good movies with plots and no bad guys.

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