Vaniver comments on Rationality Quotes November 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 05 November 2014 11:50:10PM *  3 points [-]

It's not clear to me that this is a counterexample. Ayn Rand's fiction strikes me as mediocre in general, but what strength it has seems to flow from following this principle.

[edit]I seem to have misread the parent, and am agreeing with it.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 07 November 2014 07:03:26AM 3 points [-]

At least one of us is misreading the other's comment: I was suggesting Rand's fiction as a counterexample to

villains start with some great scheme to do something awesome (...) The hero - if you're doing this poorly - sits at home and just waits

which seems to agree with, not be contradicted by, your "flow[s] from following this principle".

Comment author: Vaniver 07 November 2014 01:57:07PM 1 point [-]

At least one of us is misreading the other's comment: I was suggesting Rand's fiction as a counterexample to

Ah, yes. I missed the "initial claim" bit, and thought you meant this was a counterexample to Sanderson's whole claim.