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Unsong: Chapter 32: The Human Form Divine
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Author: u/gamarad LessWrong (than usual)*
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URL: http://unsongbook.com/chapter-32-the-human-form-divine/
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Score: 38
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Created: 2016-08-07T16:21:22
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u/monkyyy0 [+3] (12 minutes later)
So throwing this out there I think uriel dies at this conference. Perhaps with a misunderstanding of left or right( inb4 nonfallen angels have left and right switched around?)
u/ratanon [+5] Holy, holy is the lord of /etc/hosts (an hour later)
Who is going to maintain his machine then?
Also, Interlude ו, set in 2017:
We learned that Uriel, the only entity keeping any of this even slightly functional, has some serious issues of his own and does not entirely inspire confidence.
Present tense, which implies Uriel is still alive.
u/monkyyy0 [+1] (an hour later)
hmmmm maybe falls then; it seems like t controls politics and this is a political move and assuming random teenager is sohu, sohu is no longer with him
u/None [+1] (4 hours later)
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u/None [+2] (4 days later)
Why is this in /r/Rational? Maybe if I was Jewish I would get it, but this doesn't seem like an attempt at rational fiction.
u/ratanon [+3] Holy, holy is the lord of /etc/hosts (5 days later)
It isn't. But apparently it was decided it stays.
u/noggin-scratcher [+2] I am a happy tree (4 days later)
The sub is not necessarily strict on only truly rational fiction being posted - if it's sufficiently rational-adjacent to be enjoyed by the same sort of demographic/mindset as the people who have collected here, then it's probably fair game (self-regulating community, it keeps getting upvoted)
Also the author is a part of the LessWrong/rational crowd; his blogging is more rational than his fiction.
u/None [+1] (5 days later)
The sidebar says:
A subreddit dedicated to the discussion of works of rational and rationalist fiction
Why not start /r/LWBookClub for stuff that doesn't belong here but is written by the right people? Rational fiction isn't going to gain popularity if people see it as synonymous with LW circlejerk.
Imagine this sub was filled with One Direction fanfic. That would be terrible moderation even if ten thousand OD fans voted everything up. People: vote down if it's in the wrong sub no matter who wrote it. /u/alexanderwales and other mods start actually enforcing the shit in the sidebar.
PS. Nothing against Scott A, I've loved all his writing that I can understand.
u/noggin-scratcher [+1] I am a happy tree (5 days later)
Why not start /r/LWBookClub for stuff that doesn't belong here but is written by the right people?
Sounds cool, I would subscribe to it. Don't personally feel strongly enough about it to put in the effort to create/promote/moderate though. But, I mean, no-one's stopping you, if you want to.
That would be terrible moderation even if ten thousand OD fans voted everything up.
Minor false equivalence there: what we're seeing is (presumably) rational-fiction fans voting it up, not a group coming from outside the community doing so. Unless there's an 'entryist' group of Unsong fans who don't participate in the rest of the sub, but that seems unlikely.
But I take your point; if we all collectively decided to upvote pictures of ducks as part of some sort of bizarre in-joke, that wouldn't make them rational fiction.
Although... if this comment were widely seen, I wouldn't bet against it accidentally starting a trend involving pictures of ducks. Maybe I'm mistaken, just my read on the collective personality of the sub.
u/monkyyy0 [+1] (7 hours later)
Lying is all about empethy yet he just made a claim that the wicked will be unable to stop and think "gods right or my right" when faced with hell
u/Frommerman [+1] (a day later)
I think it's metaphorical.
Besides, Unsong!logic dictates that this makes perfect sense.