RobinHanson comments on Do Fandoms Need Awfulness? - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 May 2009 06:03AM

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Comment author: steven0461 28 May 2009 11:56:24AM *  26 points [-]

When an author of a work of fiction has run out of elements that everyone will like, he or she still has the option to put in high-variance elements that some people will love and some people will hate. Could it be that the objects of fandom are just those that went for these high-variance choices?

Comment author: RobinHanson 29 May 2009 12:11:24AM 5 points [-]

This makes sense, but I'm not sure Eliezer will be that reassured with it as applied to him.