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

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Comment author: gwern 03 August 2010 09:00:18AM 2 points [-]

Hm... I suppose that might actually address the issues.

But wait, this doesn't explain why Quirrelmort would wait 2 decades for Harry to finish the job of taking over the world rather than do it himself, and then groom Harry without any distractions. I mean, Quirrelmort still seems to be quite competent, and we see ever less of zombie-mode. (Besides, isn't leadership all about delegation?)

Comment author: dclayh 04 August 2010 07:20:06AM *  2 points [-]

we see ever less of zombie-mode

A very good point. I wonder if that's intentional on Eliezer's part, or if he's simply forgotten to write about zombie-Quirrell because he (z-Q) is uninteresting.