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{{quote|''Let me say that Eliezer may have already done more to save the world than most people in history.''|From a [http://lesswrong.com//lw/2lr/the_importance_of_selfdoubt/2ia7?c=1 blog comment].}}
{{quote|Rationalism is the belief that Eliezer Yudkowsky is the rightful caliph.|Scott Alexander|[http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/04/04/the-ideology-is-not-the-movement/ The Ideology is Not the Movement]}}
 
Author of ''[[Three Worlds Collide]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'', the shorter works ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya/Fanfic Recs|Trust in God/The Riddle of Kyon]]'' and ''[[Mega Crossover/Fanfic Recs|The Finale of the Ultimate Meta Mega Crossover]]'', and [http://yudkowsky.net/other/fiction various other fiction]. Helped found and is probably the most prolific poster to the blog/discussion site [[Less Wrong]] (the name of which he has used as a pseudonym on occasion), and is currently writing a book on rationality.
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* [[Atheism|Atheist]]: Doesn't mind calling religion "insanity", but believes in promoting [http://lesswrong.com/lw/1e/raising_the_sanity_waterline/ rational thinking in general] and letting atheism follow.
* [[Badass Boast]]: [http://lesswrong.com/lw/gz/policy_debates_should_not_appear_onesided/ "Unfortunately the universe doesn't agree with me. We'll see which one of us is still standing when this is over."]