ciphergoth comments on Special Status Needs Special Support - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 May 2009 10:59PM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 05 May 2009 07:38:04AM 2 points [-]

I agree, but you can say the same thing about the Bible. Neither are going to survive comparison with, say, Auden.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 May 2009 08:03:01AM 1 point [-]

Yup. I'm not comparing Tolkien to any of the legendary professional poets, I'm comparing Tolkien's fiction to the Book of Job.