JoshuaZ comments on Think Like a Supervillain - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 20 February 2013 08:34AM

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Comment author: Voldemort 20 February 2013 05:41:57PM 11 points [-]

Thinking like a super-villain is the wrong advice to give to this demographic since it will prime them for counter-productive patterns of behaviour that work in fiction.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 20 February 2013 10:07:02PM 7 points [-]

it will prime them for counter-productive patterns of behaviour that work in fiction.

Don't most supervillains fail in fictional works?

Comment author: Voldemort 08 October 2013 11:30:00AM 0 points [-]

They eventually do. But they often start with an origin story that makes little sense and during the story they often end up becoming stronger and stronger right up until the end.