I liked it. Well written, entertaining and a little bit thought provoking. The subject matter seems to be relevant to some LW themes. I upvoted, but am not surprised by the downvotes. Spam and 'blogwhoring' are not much appreciated here. You would not have received so much negative reaction if you had posted first to the 'Welcome to LessWrong' thread, telling us a bit about yourself, saying what you think of us so far, and then promoting your story.
Thanks for reading and for the heads up.
If the subject matter is relevant, then it is not spamming. If posting other people's articles/stories is okay, then posting one's own shouldn't be any different.
LOL I don't mind downvotes and don't care about karma points. I was just testing the waters. Actually this post is sorta experiment. After all, the results (weakly) indicate that people on this forum aren't so different from people on other forums. :) Just a bit - a wee bit - disappointed. That's all.
Tasmanian Devil is a story of college love, mystery, magic, logic and ethics. It parodises the human nature to the core. It can get very dark and is based loosely on rationality.
Read Chapter 1 here. (PG-13; warnings: very dark themes, a few vulgar words)
Teaser:
Baby tooth was a market in which there were several sellers but only one buyer. Economics textbooks called this type of market monopsony. Theory predicted that, due to her bargaining power, the Tooth Fairy could be bitchy all she wanted, buying teeth at a very low price if she wanted to. However, according to Penny’s research, the Tooth Fairy was generous enough to pay up to $6 per tooth! Why?