2026-08-24 21:08 UTC
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@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol 2026-08-24 21:11
So would it be worth my while? Would it be educational? Do I have some obscure duty to read Harry Potter and the Method of Rationality because I've tangled with its author a bit on Twitter? Arguably Yudkowsky merits that much baseline respect in such a situation: while I argue that it's not necessary to read a book if you know enough outside information to dissuade you, I shouldn't have any reason to fear Yudkowsky's text. (cont'd)
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@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social 2026-08-24 21:13
@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol oh definitely read it! It's at least as fun as the original, but you have *got* to be ok with bloody obvious fanfic self-inserts. It's an excellent antidote to the original books. If you read it you will absolutely understand where it came from as a reaction to a popular work that was absolutely choc full of plot holes. It drags horribly towards the later bits but it *is* a complete work and has a relatively satisfying ending, all told. The downside is its very annoying cult status.
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@vriesk@hachyderm.io 2026-08-24 21:30
@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol I have a somewhat guilty admission that having no idea about the whole to-be-EA movement, or really what Eliezer's point is supposed to be, I really liked HP:MoR as a fun read (that was some 15 years ago though). But it caught me completely off guard when the Sam Bankman-Fried story broke out and it turned out it was actually read as some sort of a guidance text rather than just somewhat quirky, let's-make-fun-of-JKR's-plotholes, and add some Ender's Game remake while there, feel good story. seriously WTF
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@KaylinEvergreen@eldritch.cafe 2026-08-24 21:34
@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol didn’t I send you the Strange Aeons video on HP and the MoR?