Rolf_Andreassen comments on My Naturalistic Awakening - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rolf_Andreassen 26 September 2008 05:01:49PM 3 points [-]

If I'm as smart as Larry Niven, I'm as smart as a Protector. Vinge's Law: No character can be realistically depicted as being qualitatively smarter than the author.

Ridiculous. Is it not written "Anyone can find the right answer in thirty years"? Well then, anyone can find the right answer in the time it takes to write a book, and then portray a smarter character finding it in two seconds, sufficiently fast to kill their enemies.