Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 August 2010 08:31:11PM 5 points [-]

Go for it. Most people complain about the pace being too slow - I think you might even be the first to complain about it being too fast - but that's certainly one way to fix it, if you're inspired with the vision of a battle. There's a chance though hardly a certainty that I would answer questions before you wrote, or declare the story canon afterward.

Comment author: thomblake 02 August 2010 08:48:54PM 4 points [-]

Well I hadn't been complaining about the pacing before, so the sudden jump over a significant period seemed wrong. Surely these people would have done all sorts of interesting learning / use of magic over the course of the battles, and Harry and Draco would have been doing science to it, and there would have been interesting developments in Quirrell's classes.

Thanks for the offer - I will surely pester you with questions when I get around to it.

Comment author: NihilCredo 03 August 2010 03:52:19AM 6 points [-]

doing science to it

Phrase recognised, giggling performed.

Comment author: Baughn 04 August 2010 08:48:56AM *  0 points [-]

Now I want biscuits.

Comment author: Pavitra 06 August 2010 05:34:24AM 0 points [-]

You mean biscuits.

Comment author: Baughn 06 August 2010 10:58:30AM 0 points [-]

Yes.