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| − | '''Rationalist fiction''' is a genre a fiction popularised by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] employed at length in [[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]. Eliezer was influenced by A. E. van Vogt's Null-A novels, Greg Egan's Distress, some of Lawrence Watt-Evans's strange little novels, the travails of Salvor Hardin in the first Foundation novel.<ref>[http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m/rationalist_fiction/ Rationalist Fiction]</ref> | + | '''Rationalist fiction''' is a genre a fiction popularised by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] employed at length in [[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]]. |
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| + | The genre is predicated upon high consistancy of world-building, clear-thinking protagonists to the point of predictability for a sufficiently astute reader. | ||
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| + | Eliezer was influenced by A. E. van Vogt's Null-A novels, Greg Egan's Distress, some of Lawrence Watt-Evans's strange little novels, the travails of Salvor Hardin in the first Foundation novel.<ref>[http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m/rationalist_fiction/ Rationalist Fiction]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:34, 28 May 2017
Rationalist fiction is a genre a fiction popularised by Eliezer Yudkowsky employed at length in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.
The genre is predicated upon high consistancy of world-building, clear-thinking protagonists to the point of predictability for a sufficiently astute reader.
Eliezer was influenced by A. E. van Vogt's Null-A novels, Greg Egan's Distress, some of Lawrence Watt-Evans's strange little novels, the travails of Salvor Hardin in the first Foundation novel.[1]
External links
- /r/rational/ on Reddit
- RationalFic on TV Tropes
