HughRistik comments on Rationality quotes - May 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: HughRistik 21 May 2009 09:23:34PM 1 point [-]

Oh, so is it one of Eco's characters asserting this view? That would make more sense.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 24 May 2009 11:50:13AM 2 points [-]

It is the narrator's final despair of rationality. He and his colleagues in a publishing house, having read many conspiracy theories, start inventing their own as an intellectual game. But it gets taken up by real conspiracy theorists; hijinks ensue.