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

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Comment author: dclayh 01 August 2010 11:49:22PM 1 point [-]

Ch. 34:

Presumably, by Occam's Razor of Fiction (or whatever the appropriate TVTrope is), Mr. Hat-n-Cloak = Santa Claus?

Comment author: Pavitra 05 August 2010 06:31:47AM 4 points [-]

Occam's Razor of Fiction (or whatever the appropriate TVTrope is)

The Law of Conservation of Detail. [TVTropes link, obviously.]

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 August 2010 07:39:27AM 4 points [-]

And you'd better believe Methods of Rationality obeys it.