ciphergoth 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: ciphergoth 01 November 2011 08:47:57AM 24 points [-]

One of the strengths of Apollo 13 is that it has only good guys in it, battling together against an unforeseen, mysterious and near-lethal twist of fate.

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