## [D] The Bayesian Conspiracy - Rational Fiction (Podcast episode)

* Author: u/alexanderwales  *Time flies like an arrow**
* URL: http://www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/2018/07/63-rational-fiction/
* Score: 19

* Created: 2018-07-06T17:50:13

### Post:

[Link to content](http://www.thebayesianconspiracy.com/2018/07/63-rational-fiction/)

### Comments:

> **u/sparkc** [+6]  (7 hours later)
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> I would very much enjoy reading an anthology or compilation of some of the best r/rational weekly challenge entries fwiw. (Not looking to impose on your time, just putting my opinion out there in case a lack of an audience for the project was a consideration)

>> **u/alexanderwales** [+5]  *Time flies like an arrow* (10 hours later)
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>> I often wish that I could duplicate myself, since that's the only way that I'll ever get to do all the things that I want to do. Following that conversation I actually tried to make a budget proposal for the project, in terms of time and effort, and though it's something that I would like to do, it's just too many hours/spoons to get it done, especially since I get a bit of social anxiety, and dealing with all the people I would need to deal with sounds like a people-stamina sapping nightmare.
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>> If someone *else* wanted to do it, all you'd need to do is contact authors through reddit, and so long as you're known to me, I'd be willing to lend *some* effort and knowledge to the project (as well as some prose, given I have a fair amount of short fiction and a few wins). But one of the reasons that I'm running the weekly challenge is that I thought if I didn't do it, no one else would have, and I expect a compilation or anthology would be the same.

> **u/None** [+3]  (23 hours later)
> 
> It's a bit sad that so far no big names in the book industry have picked up any of the works from this community.  
> Sure, the "Rational" label would probably have to be dropped, because as you guys noted in the podcast, it sounds way too pretentious.

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