bobthechef comments on Mind Projection Fallacy - Less Wrong

35 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 March 2008 12:29AM

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Comment author: Hendrik_Boom 11 March 2008 01:38:21AM 17 points [-]

It's not about what the bug-eyed monster considers sexy. It's about what the human reader considers sexy.

Comment author: bobthechef 26 April 2011 12:44:36PM 8 points [-]

Exactly. I never conceived of the alien taking the woman because she was attractive. Weaker perhaps, but not because he found her sexy. Damsel in distress. I think it is your, author of this article, who suffered from mind projection fallacy, not necessarily the creators of the comic or the rest of the audience. To me, from the point of view of the story, it was just a tragic accident that the woman being hauled off was one I found beautiful.