Eliezer: “Even in science fiction, the Rationalist character is rarely done right—bearing the same resemblance to a real rationalist, as the mad scientist genius inventor who designs a new nuclear reactor in a month, bears to real scientists and engineers.”
Hey! Speak for yourself as an engineer! I’m dating one of these mad scientist geniuses...
Eliezer: ”...battling monsters or falling in love or becoming a vampire, or whatever, not in being rational...”
What’s irrational about battling monsters and falling in love?!?!?! I try to do this on a regular basis!
Eliezer: “It’s this strange realism that charms me about Watt-Evans’s work. It’s not done as a schtick, but as faithfulness-to-reality. Real life doesn’t run on perfect rails of dramatic necessity; neither is it random postmodern chaos. I admire an author who can be faithful to that, and still tell a story.”
Ok- that does sound really cool. But why read fiction then? There’s much wierder stuff going on the real world right now… You should watch the Venture Brothers… similar idea.
Eliezer: “Even in science fiction, the Rationalist character is rarely done right—bearing the same resemblance to a real rationalist, as the mad scientist genius inventor who designs a new nuclear reactor in a month, bears to real scientists and engineers.”
Hey! Speak for yourself as an engineer! I’m dating one of these mad scientist geniuses...
Eliezer: ”...battling monsters or falling in love or becoming a vampire, or whatever, not in being rational...”
What’s irrational about battling monsters and falling in love?!?!?! I try to do this on a regular basis!
Eliezer: “It’s this strange realism that charms me about Watt-Evans’s work. It’s not done as a schtick, but as faithfulness-to-reality. Real life doesn’t run on perfect rails of dramatic necessity; neither is it random postmodern chaos. I admire an author who can be faithful to that, and still tell a story.”
Ok- that does sound really cool. But why read fiction then? There’s much wierder stuff going on the real world right now… You should watch the Venture Brothers… similar idea.
Thanks for the recs!!!!