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Comment author: gwern 16 June 2010 04:17:28PM 2 points [-]

For example, Harry will get enough luck to enter nirvana.

You say that like becoming a bodhisattva is a bad thing.

'I vow to save all sentient beings...'

Comment author: red75 16 June 2010 05:36:09PM *  1 point [-]

Bad thing? I can't see the implication. It's hard to imagine that peaceful mind will still be trying to hack magic even for saving all sentient beings, thus it's a failure of sorts. Does that failure imply badness? I don't think so.

Comment author: gwern 16 June 2010 06:11:01PM 1 point [-]

It's plausible to assume, that each hard-takeoff setup will fail spectacularly. For example...

Bad thing? I can't see the impication. [sic]

Indeed?

Comment author: red75 16 June 2010 06:27:17PM -1 points [-]

Do you want to say that "fail spectacularly" has connotations I'm not aware of? I intended it to mean "fail in unpredictable and confusing way". I'm still puzzled by your reaction.

Thanks, I've corrected typo.

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