i think you nailed it with the Worm connection, i searched it and this reddit poster who says they know ziz chose the name from Worm via “indirect personal communication” (whatever that means)
Didn’t even know about the lesswrong connection but it makes perfect sense, since that’s where I found out about Worm (after reading big yud’s Harry Potter fic) and spent a decade hyperfrocused on “rationalist” amateur fiction and… so much fanfiction.
i think you nailed it with the Worm connection, i searched it and this reddit poster who says they know ziz chose the name from Worm via “indirect personal communication” (whatever that means)
https://redlib.nohost.network/r/slatestarcodex/comments/1icege1/associates_of_exlesswronger_ziz_arrested_for/m9yyhw8/
Woah holy shit a real life zizbomb 👀
Didn’t even know about the lesswrong connection but it makes perfect sense, since that’s where I found out about Worm (after reading big yud’s Harry Potter fic) and spent a decade hyperfrocused on “rationalist” amateur fiction and… so much fanfiction.