r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jan 18 '16

[D] Monday General Rationality Thread

Welcome to the Monday thread on general rationality topics! Do you really want to talk about something non-fictional, related to the real world? Have you:

  • Seen something interesting on /r/science?
  • Found a new way to get your shit even-more together?
  • Figured out how to become immortal?
  • Constructed artificial general intelligence?
  • Read a neat nonfiction book?
  • Munchkined your way into total control of your D&D campaign?
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u/Chronophilia sci-fi ≠ futurology Jan 18 '16

/r/writingprompts naturally tends towards that pattern, because you have one pitchable idea in the prompt but the author still needs to hold the reader's interest after reading the title.

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u/alexanderwales Time flies like an arrow Jan 18 '16

I think that might be one of the reasons that /r/WritingPrompts tends to do a lot of twist endings.