/sidetrack Wow, awesome fanfic! /sidetrack Please promote it more prominently if you haven’t so far, I think many HPMOR fans would appreciate the reference.
I asked myself the same question when my first impression was “Transhumanist/x-risk in-group applause light”. The answer I gave myself was that that is is related to bullet-biting and shut-up-and-multiply.
The assumption is that the person to be inspired by this quote already has preferences for people not dying and for a positive future for the human race. But few consider those implications personally and act on them. Few consider it their responsibility or, if they do act, act to save individuals that catch their attention rather than doing something that does the greatest good (according to their own preferences).
My guess is that Ubzhen jvyy ghea bhg gb or oruvaq gur nyvra vainfvba va gur svefg cynpr. Fvapr Gb Gur Fgnef oryvrirf gung n zntvpny tvey pna’g qvr hagvy ure jvfu vf shysvyyrq, Ubzhen pna’g qvr hagvy gur jbeyq fur’f fjbea gb cebgrpg vf qrfgeblrq.
“I wish to defend this world. I wish to protect this world which God has abandoned, and defend it against everything that threatens it!”
-- To the Stars (Madoka fanfiction)
Spoilers!
Don’t worry, it’s not the person’s wish you think it is.
It is, actually—I read the fic months ago.
But I don’t think it likely that the quote would make others more likely to guess who made such a wish correctly.
It makes me much more likely to guess who made a which correctly. It never would have occurred to me that anyone said it prior to reading it.
And now I feel stupid. Thank you very much. (No sarcasm)
/sidetrack Wow, awesome fanfic! /sidetrack Please promote it more prominently if you haven’t so far, I think many HPMOR fans would appreciate the reference.
What’s the rationality-related moral?
Something To Protect springs to mind, as does Tsuyoku Naritai! (I Want To Become Stronger). “This world which God has abandoned” seems to imply/assume Beyond The Reach Of God although I’m not sure if that counts as “rational” in and of itself.
I asked myself the same question when my first impression was “Transhumanist/x-risk in-group applause light”. The answer I gave myself was that that is is related to bullet-biting and shut-up-and-multiply.
The assumption is that the person to be inspired by this quote already has preferences for people not dying and for a positive future for the human race. But few consider those implications personally and act on them. Few consider it their responsibility or, if they do act, act to save individuals that catch their attention rather than doing something that does the greatest good (according to their own preferences).
… Pardon me, I just realized what the climax of the fic might be.
Committing...
My guess is that Ubzhen jvyy ghea bhg gb or oruvaq gur nyvra vainfvba va gur svefg cynpr. Fvapr Gb Gur Fgnef oryvrirf gung n zntvpny tvey pna’g qvr hagvy ure jvfu vf shysvyyrq, Ubzhen pna’g qvr hagvy gur jbeyq fur’f fjbea gb cebgrpg vf qrfgeblrq.
This isn’t incompatible with your theory, though.