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drethelin comments on Open Thread, Apr. 27 - May 3, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Gondolinian 27 April 2015 12:18AM

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Comment author: drethelin 27 April 2015 05:41:41PM 1 point [-]

how is making a documentary about yourself not just contributing to your own glory?

Comment author: gjm 27 April 2015 08:17:10PM 3 points [-]

He wasn't proposing to make a documentary about himself. Someone else was proposing to make a documentary about him. And (as DanielLC quite rightly says) the perfectly obvious purpose of this is that some people might find it interesting and want to watch it. Indeed, presumably about $10k worth of people did anticipate finding it interesting and wanting to watch it, since the project did get some backers.

Comment author: DanielLC 27 April 2015 07:24:36PM 0 points [-]

Someone might want to watch it. If so, it's contributing to their entertainment.