Re:A nonsensical parody of Lesswrong and the Bhagavad Gita
by FluffyMuffins on Monday September 09, 2013 @06:22PM
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No Problem and Thank you ^_^. It was either this. Also its based on the Hare Krishna translation of the Gita. Only the first chapter
- Eliezer Yudkowsky as singularity-prophet / writer of sacred texts - Claiming all sorts of famous people are allied with / inspired your movement, when in reality, they wouldn't have had any idea what you were on about (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriation_%28sociology%29) - Intellectual bias as original sin - Anticipating a new world order (millenarianist movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenarianism) - The celebration of the lone genius(es) vs a society that doesn't understand (which is from 19th century romanticism, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism) - And of course, more specifically, Nietzsche's Übermensch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch), a possibly embarrassing idea to be caught in historical dialogue with
The more I overthink this poem-parody, the more I enjoy it. Thanks for posting.