I haven't read much fanfic [1] unless you count star trek novels [2],
but I've recently stumbled upon eliezer
yudkowsky's hp fic
harry potter and the
methods of rationality. A while ago I read his
intuitive explanation of
bayes theorem and really liked it. I had tried to read more of
his writing, but was lazy and found it insufficiently entertaining.
Home sick from work today, though, I've just read the first ten
chapters of the fic, and am enjoying it greatly. It's funny, so it
can go in my "this is for fun" box, but it also makes me think some.
I recognize it as an
author
tract probably written with the goal of spreading his logic
(rationalism?) using a comical and accessible medium, but I don't
hold that against it. I've not yet gotten to a point where it feels
like a screed is holding up the story.
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[1] Not since high school when I was dating someone who shipped [redacted], anyways.
[2] Which I read far too many of ay one point. Somewhere on the order of 50 maybe?
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