/lit/ - Literature

>>10391826
probably a liberal or a feminist

>>10391826

>>10391826
>I unironically enhoyed HPMoR when it first came out when I was in high school
end me

>>10391858
>the absolute state of fat people

America, pls

>>10391858

>>10391873
>Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, often abbreviated HPMOR, is a Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky.[1] It adapts the story of Harry Potter by attempting to explain wizardry through the scientific method.[2] It was published as a serial from 28 February 2010[3] through to 14 March 2015.[4]
why is this a thing

applied mathematicians should all be rounded up and noosed

>>10391890
A level of fedora that reddit in 2011 could only dream of achieving.

>>10391890
Go read the first chapter.
http://www.hpmor.com/chapter/1

>>10391826
Is that Robert?

>>10391929
It's Eliezer Shlomo Yudkowsky.

>>10391929
yes unironically

>>10391929
no it's Dr. Gregory Sadler

>>10391884
>le utility functions
Why are utilitarians so autistic?

>>10391826

>>10391982
how can one man be such an autist

>>10391929

Kek, it's almost exactly what I imagined he'd look like when I read it

This guy is fucking hilarious; he's like the physical embodiment of the fedora ideal. Sam harris doesn't even know close to yudo's level of enlightenment

>>10392128
>he's like the physical embodiment of the fedora ideal
how do I overtake him

>>10391973
Because utilitarianism a anti-natural viewpoint which appeals to the autist's craving for abstract order and loathing of organic complexity.
How do you measure the worth and richness of a life's experience? Simple, you just rate someone on how happy they are on a one-dimensional scale! We'll call it a "utility function" because that's extra-sciencey.
How do you compare different people's experiences? Simple! Everyone's equal and so everyone's experiences are equal! It's very progressive and rational! And morality's as simple as that!

>>10391858
>be yudkowsky
>mah priors
>mah bayes
>throws it all out for the average of the crowd
welp

>>10391921
I actually began writing on how one o the scenes in Harry Potter would've completely viable, so long as the reader believes in the supernatural.
Notice magic, but spooky supernatural things.

Sometimes it's fun to think about the what-ifs.

>>10391826
DUDE SHANGRILA DIET VOTE HILLARY TO STOP THE WORLD FROM BEING TAKEN OVER BY AI

>>10394178
this but inornically

>>10391982
>This man is one of the brightest in the world according to half a dozen ivy league and Oxbridge tenured college professors.

We are doomed.

>>10391858
>Imverysmart.jpg

>>10394235
Um, sorry to burst your bubble

>>10391858
>tfw metabolically disprivileged

He looks like a 56% desu.

>>10394256
This is why I can no longer take academia seriously. The circlejerk is absolutely insane.