Baughn comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Baughn 16 September 2010 08:40:36PM 1 point [-]

Quite interesting, actually. I missed that.

The canon (and also the historical) philosopher's stone could cause immortality, and also create gold.

That Eliezer would mention it here, in this way, is presumably a hint that this one does not do either of those things.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 16 September 2010 09:43:15PM 1 point [-]

Thought: This also possibly means its makers mislabeled it but failed to notice their confusion.