I know baby-eating is a popular pastime on this forum. With that in mind....
So* I've been reading the blog over at Overcoming Bias for a little while now, and Yudkowsky has just posted the first installment (of eight: the index page) in what appears to be a gripping novella. I'm certainly looking forward to the rest as it comes out. Warning: there is some profanity, but it shouldn't be too much for most of y'all.
* Yeah.
[ February 06, 2009, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: Mike ]
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I'd hit that.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Hee.
quote:THIS VESSEL IS THE OPTIMISM OF THE CENTER OF THE VESSEL PERSON
YOU HAVE NOT KICKED US
THEREFORE YOU EAT BABIES
WHAT IS OURS IS YOURS, WHAT IS YOURS IS OURS
quote:WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU CANNOT BE DONE
YOU SPEAK LIKE BABY CRUNCH CRUNCH
WITH BIG ANGELIC POWERS
WE WISH TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER
Is it only me, or does this sounds like TMBG lyrics?
Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
quote:Originally posted by Orincoro: I'd hit that.
So would I.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:WE WISH TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER
This line made me lol.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
The whole thing's posted now. It's pretty good. Not polished by any means, and there are a few holes and odd assumptions, but it's definitely thought-provoking. I'm inclined to prefer the Normal ending to the True ending, but... I dunno, you'll have to decide for yourselves.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
quote:Is it only me, or does this sounds like TMBG lyrics?
Hadn't thought about it till you said that, but now I can't think of anything else...
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa: Is it only me, or does this sounds like TMBG lyrics?
Maybe like Robot Parade stuff, otherwise i'm not seeing it.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I like the true ending better.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
Well, certainly from a storytelling standpoint the true ending is better. But if I lived in that universe I'd rather go the Superhappy way. I think.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
See, I'd rather go the true way.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
My only gripe with the "True" ending -- which is a far better ending -- is the whole "rapist" bit. It's not that I don't understand what point he's making, but rather that I don't think he sells it well enough. (Just as an example: in a society where nonconsensual sex is such a way of life that people who'd criminalize it are considered shockingly prudish, would the Pilot really muse that grabbing a woman's breast without her permission confirms that he's a pervert?)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :