gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 4 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: gjm 07 October 2010 09:12PM

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Comment author: gwern 09 October 2010 02:07:04PM 2 points [-]

Maybe a blind spot is an empty spot, and an empty spot on a head = bald spot? Hair would be a presence, not an absence.

Presumably when one reads a book under the Interdict of Merlin, one reads blank pages, not mildly obscene limericks about a man from Nantucket.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 October 2010 07:35:16PM 4 points [-]

I think a sensible wizard would cover any blind spot they create with something very ordinary, if this is possible.