Viliam_Bur comments on Open Thread, February 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 05 February 2013 11:12:16AM 1 point [-]

I am not sure what exactly you mean by that, but to me it seems that many people enjoy the idea of being an NPC. This is essentially what conspiracy theories are about: that someone else is the PC of this world, and we are not.

Yes, people complain about that, but they enjoy the complaining, and they strongly resist being convinced otherwise.

Comment author: Gabriel 11 February 2013 01:49:35AM 1 point [-]

Conspiracy theorists consider themselves to be PCs. Conspirators are the villains.

Comment author: ikrase 08 February 2013 11:53:54AM 0 points [-]

Conspiracy theories? Really? My perception was that conspiracy theories let people feel like other people are NPCs.