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

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 24 October 2010 03:08:16AM 0 points [-]

Re: Imperius -- Yeah, I'm admittedly exaggerating here, and agreed that for legal purposes the power level matters, or at least ought to. I stand corrected.

Re: bakery -- The difference between behavioral manipulation via knowable mechanisms (e.g., bakery smells) and via unknown mechanisms (e.g., magic spells) seems important. It's way easier to overcome/compensate for a known bias than an unknown one of the same strength.

Re: AFoAM -- yes, agreed. The AFoaM is pretty darn close to a Fully Generalized Explanation.