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

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Comment author: wedrifid 20 September 2010 04:19:13AM 3 points [-]

So in that nomenclature Harry isn't in denial, he is just making promises he can't keep. ;)

Comment author: TobyBartels 20 September 2010 08:11:00PM *  2 points [-]

Right. But still a promise that he intends to keep. (And who knows, the way the story is going, he just might keep it!)

Although he didn't use that language, that is how I (ETA: initially) read it. So I would fault him for using imprecise language rather than for self-deception. But it's not clear what he meant; you may well be right.