drethelin comments on Open thread, 30 June 2014- 6 July 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 30 June 2014 07:51:06PM 8 points [-]

HJPEV is a drama queen and likes acting as if he's badass (ignore for the moment whether he is) and sinister and evil: Look at what he calls his army and how he acts around them. Hence calling his thing with Draco the Bayesian Conspiracy. Not everything that takes place in an author's fiction is indicative of something they support.

Comment author: Nornagest 30 June 2014 07:54:13PM *  6 points [-]

Not everything that takes place in an author's fiction is indicative of something they support.

This, however, is a recurring theme in Eliezer's work. I don't think I fully grok the motivations (though I could hazard a guess or two), but it's definitely not just HJPEV's supervillain fetish talking.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 July 2014 05:43:34AM 13 points [-]

Agreed, it's also Eliezer's super-villain fetish thing.