I certainly see your point. I’m also inclined to think that my strategy of shutting up, bailing out and headdesking whenever smarter people downvote me might be more useful than it sounds...
Yeah, that’s a fairly useless post as of now and that’s what karma is good for. Feel free to punish me however much you believe necessary.
On the other hand, simply discussing the possible structure and themes might prove useful for someone else doing something else along these lines.
What I’m slightly torn about is that I DO think the discussion that the post provokes is interesting, fun and potentially fruitful (insofar as discussing whether rationalist fanfiction is an effective medium in the first place). I don’t actually want it downvoted to oblivion. But neither do I want to encourage less wrong to end up being a place for people to sit around saying “hey, you know what would be so awesome!? This random idea I had.”
I’m not sure where exactly the line should be drawn, but I felt compelled to at least signal that the line SHOULD be drawn somewhere and you’re probably crossing it.
Well, I’ll be making up for a rather embarrassing start now. I’d say that’s a decent source of motivation (if you have any commitment to the idea in the first place).
I certainly see your point. I’m also inclined to think that my strategy of shutting up, bailing out and headdesking whenever smarter people downvote me might be more useful than it sounds...
Yeah, that’s a fairly useless post as of now and that’s what karma is good for. Feel free to punish me however much you believe necessary.
On the other hand, simply discussing the possible structure and themes might prove useful for someone else doing something else along these lines.
What I’m slightly torn about is that I DO think the discussion that the post provokes is interesting, fun and potentially fruitful (insofar as discussing whether rationalist fanfiction is an effective medium in the first place). I don’t actually want it downvoted to oblivion. But neither do I want to encourage less wrong to end up being a place for people to sit around saying “hey, you know what would be so awesome!? This random idea I had.”
I’m not sure where exactly the line should be drawn, but I felt compelled to at least signal that the line SHOULD be drawn somewhere and you’re probably crossing it.
Well, I’ll be making up for a rather embarrassing start now. I’d say that’s a decent source of motivation (if you have any commitment to the idea in the first place).