pjeby comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 July 2010 09:52:54AM 3 points [-]

Okay, if no one on LW got Aftermath 2, even after working out that the aftermath was supposed to display a change in Snape, then it was too subtle.

Comment author: pjeby 04 July 2010 02:41:03PM 6 points [-]

Okay, if no one on LW got Aftermath 2, even after working out that the aftermath was supposed to display a change in Snape, then it was too subtle.

Yes, but what part was the change? That he dislikes student affections? That he tells them about it? That they have affections? That he's previously been taking advantage of students in slashy ways?

If anything, I would've expected it to be him actually taking advantage, if he were taking Harry's advice to... oh. Wait. Maybe he is taking Harry's advice and has started looking for deep instead of pretty?

If so, it was definitely too subtle. ;-)

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 July 2010 05:28:22PM *  2 points [-]

I'm getting a pretty sharp lesson in unintended ambiguity here. Although some of your suggestions are not compatible with a straight reading of the text.