Michelle_Z
It is- I’ve been on here for ~2 years (lurking, then signed up) and often refrain from commenting, simply because I fear being thought of as a complete idiot. I am slowly getting more comfortable, but I still feel (mildly) anxious when posting. Yes, even this post.
On another note, I have noticed that this anxiety has dropped pretty dramatically in the last two years (the thought to post barely even crossed my mind, back then), and this is due in part to being exposed to this community. I’ve also noticed, though this may or may not be related, that my (female) friends think I’ve become more “cold” (their words) in the last year or so, but my male friends say they can more easily relate to me, now. It could just be maturity, but LW has been a major influencing factor in my life.
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume laughter is the appropriate reaction. It’s a joke.
I cannot be truly killed by any power known to me.
Prophecy, much? The power he knows not? I mean, that’s a gimme but...
Test it, then. Run an experiment. Find a group of people (don’t use the excuse that finding groups of people is hard), and attempt to do just what you said. If it works, congratulations. You’re the next dark lord. If it doesn’t work, you’re probably wrong. (And don’t use the excuse that the people just happened to all be immune to your powers.)
While reading the above, if your brain attempted either of those excuses, you’re probably suffering from belief in belief.
Yes. But two minutes before that he was thinking of taking Cedric, and then we get a cut scene to him sneaking about in the hallway with Lesath. That implies that Cedric might still be in play, otherwise we probably would’ve gotten a short sentence or two on why he chose Lesath over Cedric.
Cedric, who may or may not have a time turner, could quite possibly show up.
Help please!
“Harry had refreshed the Transfigurations he was maintaining, both the tiny jewel in the ring on his hand and the other one.”
Hermione, probably.
The play on words with the title of the chapter (Riddles and Answers) and the final reveal was neat. Harry might be a copy of Quirrell!mort who’s had his memory erased (rememberall,) and good ol’ Quirrell!mort needs Harry to get the stone because...?
I’m still really curious how the Deathly Hallows are going to tie into this.
Also, where the hell is Cedric Diggory? Will it be another situation like what happened with the troll? The spare gets killed, or Harry is the spare, and is found defective?
I was going to post something about this in the open thread, but this post just popped up.
I’ve been putting together a club for Effective Altruism on my campus (Cavaliers for Effective Altruism), and I’m stuck. I can run fundraisers and donate the money to a charity Givewell supports. My college has a system for donating to charities and fundraising, so that isn’t a problem.
The difficulty is getting other people interested in the club and teaching my club-members rationality, so the club continues existing after I graduate. I originally thought teaching people rationality wouldn’t be necessary, but the couple friends I mentioned this to have no idea what I’m talking about when I explain how effective altruism works. They don’t have the same intuitions that I do, so it sounds odd to them. It was around then I realized that I need my club-members to know some rationality. Are there any resources/guides out there for that kind of thing?
I know LessWrong is one of those resources, but I doubt many people will listen to me if I say “This week’s club-homework is to read x post from this blog.” I have a couple vague ideas for slipping this information into casual conversation, but they’re vague ideas. And it’s hard to impart enough information through casual conversation, anyway. I think I could try doing both (have people read specific articles/books and bring it up in casual conversation,) but that brings me back to the original problems: I have no idea how to teach rationality, and people don’t respect me enough to listen to me if I tell them they need to know something.
I know some people here have experience in teaching rationality, so I’m fishing for any advice. My two major concerns are: -How to bridge the inference gap between myself and my club members (where do I even start?) and if there are any other ways to teach rationality beyond the two I mentioned.
Question: What is it exactly that is meant by “warmth” or “coldness?” I’ve heard those terms used to describe myself, I’ve heard them used to describe other people, but when my brain tries searching for an example, it comes up blank. Generally, I try to be specific. (<- Yes, that was a joke.)
I did self help before I joined lesswrong, and had almost no results. I’d partially attribute Lesswrong to changing me in ways such that I switched my major from graphic design to biology, in an effort to help people through research. I’ve also gotten involved in effective altruism in my community, starting the local THINK club for my college, which is donating money to various (effective) charities. I have a lovely group of friends from the Lesswrong study hall who have been tremendously supportive and fun to be around. There are a number of other small things, like learning about melatonin, which fixed my insomnia...etc. but those are more of a result of being around people who are knowledgeable of such things, not necessarily lesswrong-people.
In short, yes, it is helpful.
You’re welcome. Now that I’ve spoken I appear to be on a roll.
It wasn’t anyone she knew well. It was an Aunt’s brother on my dad’s side, who is not related to us, nor did my mom know him well personally.
I stopped participating in Mass over a year ago. She took a bad time to notice.
I was accepted into graduate school at a nice university for bioinformatics.
Has anyone else noticed that Quirrell knew James Potter?
“James Potter,” said Professor Quirrell, his eyes narrowing. “The boy is not much like James Potter.
He touched it. In chapter 56 or 55, I forget which, Harry had to wear a glove to ride the room that Quirrell enchanted. In chapter 89, he picks up the troll by the ear.
What they want is a steaming pile of cliche.
Try some cheap experiments. :]
I tried that, actually. It helped.
I made a website featuring my artwork and re-opened my freelance art business. I already have people asking about commissions! Yay!
I’ve written 12 chapters of my web serial, Watchmirror, over the course of the summer, and it recently topped 2000 page views. It doesn’t sound like much, but it was way more than I ever expected.