In fact, I think part of the appeal of this very community is its tendency to dress up rationality in a kind of story, and I don’t just mean the explicit fiction that Eliezer writes from time to time. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it is something we need to keep in the back of our minds.
I do not know what “monomyth-structured” means, but yeah, my getting familiar with the heuristics-and-biases literature caused me to decrease my consumption of fiction—particularly TV, movies, etc, since the critical thinking pretty much shuts down when watching TV, movies, etc.
I know I hate the version of the monomyth where the knight saves the day because he is superior to us peasants that weren’t explicit parodies. I can still read Pratchet, but I can’t stand Girl Genius.
I wonder how many people here besides me lost their appetite for consuming monomyth-structured stories after their naturalistic awakening?
After my naturalistic awakening, I went on a journey, overcame an almost insuperable obstacle and then returned, having achieved a worthy reward.
Seriously, though—what makes you think you’ve lost your appetite for consuming monomyth-structured stories?
In fact, I think part of the appeal of this very community is its tendency to dress up rationality in a kind of story, and I don’t just mean the explicit fiction that Eliezer writes from time to time. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it is something we need to keep in the back of our minds.
The absence of the desire to consume said stories across all art forms I used to favor.
I do not know what “monomyth-structured” means, but yeah, my getting familiar with the heuristics-and-biases literature caused me to decrease my consumption of fiction—particularly TV, movies, etc, since the critical thinking pretty much shuts down when watching TV, movies, etc.
I know I hate the version of the monomyth where the knight saves the day because he is superior to us peasants that weren’t explicit parodies. I can still read Pratchet, but I can’t stand Girl Genius.