haig comments on Do Fandoms Need Awfulness? - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: haig 29 May 2009 05:19:56AM 3 points [-]

Warren Buffett seems to fit all the criteria of the counterexample Eliezer asked for. And if you doubt the fanaticism of his fandom, just look over some videos of his annual shareholders' meeting/convention.

Comment author: dclayh 29 May 2009 06:00:17PM *  1 point [-]

Agreed: my father owns about five different books on the theme of "how to be like Buffett".