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Comment author: Kobayashi 06 October 2010 11:28:21PM 13 points [-]

"You can always reach me through my blog!" he panted. "Overpowering Falsehood dot com, the number one site for rational thinking about the future--"

Go ahead, down-vote me. It's still paradoxically-awesome to be burned in a Greg Egan novel...

Comment author: NihilCredo 07 October 2010 01:36:57AM 3 points [-]

What is the context of the quote? Is the OF.com guy a total dolt, an arrogant twat, a cloud cuckoolander, or what?

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 07 October 2010 06:38:18AM 4 points [-]

Found a couple of semi-spoilery reviews for Zendegi. Apparently it has stand-ins for Robin Hanson and SIAI as foils for the authorial message.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 October 2010 06:58:12AM 2 points [-]

Thought this was worthy of its own thread in Discussion so interested people won't miss it: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/2ti/greg_egan_disses_standins_for_overcoming_bias/