SavageWombat

• SavageWombat 2 Mar 2015 4:33 UTC

  2 points

  in reply to: Eliezer Yudkowsky’s comment on: Cog­ni­tive Bi­ases due to a Nar­cis­sis­tic Par­ent, Illus­trated by HPMOR Quotations

  This response is quite funny, now (in 2015) that we know what we know about why Harry is the way he is. EY was clearly chuckling to himself while reading this article.

• SavageWombat 1 Mar 2015 3:18 UTC

  6 points

  in reply to: Jost’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, Fe­bru­ary 2015, chap­ter 113

  Someone elsewhere suggested that Voldemort wants Harry to kill the Death Eaters, who are obviously too stupid to live if they missed that trick.

• SavageWombat 28 Feb 2015 21:31 UTC

  16 points

  on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, Fe­bru­ary 2015, chap­ter 113

  I’ve seen it on a couple of other comment threads, but I think that Harry’s understanding of time-causality is key here. If the lesson of the Comed-Tea is learned, it seems that efforts to defy prophecy are useless from the get-go.

  But then I’m not practiced at arguing time-travel mechanics—can anyone else elaborate on this question?