According to V. S. Ramachandran, schizophrenics lack the ability to understand or create metaphors.
I didn’t want to link to the massive time vacuum that is TV tropes, but I figured people would understand the metaphor even if they hadn’t run in to it before.
I understand metaphors. I just don’t understand why there would be a need for scale for science fiction writing. It’s much more important to be able to look up material properties.
What about a scale that tells us how much a work of fiction deals with paperclip manufacturing and resource harvesting? Surely you need some way of communicating the traditions and norms of paperclip creating to your youth.
Edit: and come to think of it wouldn’t you be interested in in fictional explorations of possible future ways of manufacturing paperclips? And wouldn’t you want to know which of those explorations was the least fantasy and most based on reasonable extrapolations from current knowledge?
What about a scale that tells us how much a work of fiction deals with paperclip manufacturing and resource harvesting?… wouldn’t you be interested in in fictional explorations of possible future ways of manufacturing paperclips? And wouldn’t you want to know which of those explorations was the least fantasy and most based on reasonable extrapolations from current knowledge?
In theory, yes. In practice, humans have very little to offer in terms of the ultra-efficient methods of paperclip production I normally use. I don’t expect any book to be rated higher than 1, if you compare to what I already have.
Surely you need some way of communicating the traditions and norms of paperclip creating to your youth.
What are you talking about? I don’t have to do biological self-replication (or sexual semi-replication at the genetic level) like humans do. I just make a perfect copy of myself. It already has all my knowledge and values.
actually it’s not that easy to see the tvtropes connection, I mean I spend quite a while on tvtropes when I go there-who doesn’t?- but in never crossed my mind that that was what you meant.
According to V. S. Ramachandran, schizophrenics lack the ability to understand or create metaphors.
I didn’t want to link to the massive time vacuum that is TV tropes, but I figured people would understand the metaphor even if they hadn’t run in to it before.
I understand metaphors. I just don’t understand why there would be a need for scale for science fiction writing. It’s much more important to be able to look up material properties.
What about a scale that tells us how much a work of fiction deals with paperclip manufacturing and resource harvesting? Surely you need some way of communicating the traditions and norms of paperclip creating to your youth.
Edit: and come to think of it wouldn’t you be interested in in fictional explorations of possible future ways of manufacturing paperclips? And wouldn’t you want to know which of those explorations was the least fantasy and most based on reasonable extrapolations from current knowledge?
In theory, yes. In practice, humans have very little to offer in terms of the ultra-efficient methods of paperclip production I normally use. I don’t expect any book to be rated higher than 1, if you compare to what I already have.
What are you talking about? I don’t have to do biological self-replication (or sexual semi-replication at the genetic level) like humans do. I just make a perfect copy of myself. It already has all my knowledge and values.
People yes. Paperclip maximizers/office assistants no.
actually it’s not that easy to see the tvtropes connection, I mean I spend quite a while on tvtropes when I go there-who doesn’t?- but in never crossed my mind that that was what you meant.