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Comment author: drethelin 15 June 2012 05:13:02PM 1 point [-]

What's the non-author one?

Comment author: gwern 15 June 2012 05:14:25PM 2 points [-]

Babylon Five character, IIRC.

Comment author: arundelo 15 June 2012 05:21:51PM *  0 points [-]

I wouldn't call that a double reference since Alfred Bester the Babylon 5 character is also named after Alfred Bester the author. Edit: Both the Bab 5 and HP:MoR characters are named after Bester the author for the same reason.

Comment author: gwern 15 June 2012 06:15:26PM *  1 point [-]

Since Eliezer has been a Babylon 5 fan since before December 1996 and has also read Bester's books, I think we can consider it a double reference.

Comment author: arundelo 15 June 2012 07:16:05PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, we're just using different definitions of "double reference". Cheers!

Comment author: [deleted] 15 June 2012 05:39:05PM 1 point [-]

But Alfred Bester the author wasn't a telepath.

Or was he?!?!?!

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