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

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Comment author: TobyBartels 01 November 2010 06:24:46AM 1 point [-]

‘Something precious inside Harry withered like dry grass.’ also has the advantage of brevity. It now reads to me like a good sentence.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 01 November 2010 11:39:41AM 3 points [-]

Also has an interesting implication, which may or not be what Eliezer wants-- individual blades of grass die, but grass regrows.