moonshadow comments on March 2015 Media Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: moonshadow 04 March 2015 09:54:41AM 1 point [-]

Finally got around to watching Tatami Galaxy. Found it a very pleasing take on the Groundhog Day closed timelike curve genre; a nice exploration of the idea that blaming external circumstances and even individual seemingly pivotal decisions is not enough to explain poor outcomes.

Comment author: lmm 05 March 2015 11:11:52PM 1 point [-]

I didn't like that; I felt it relied very heavily on authorial fiat for the conclusion, and the ultimate message seemed to be equivalent to wireheading.