ArisKatsaris comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 5 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 09 November 2010 12:37:00PM 6 points [-]

You're misinterpretating the parent comment's argument. It didn't say Quirrel's excuse was evidence he was intending to kill the Auror. It said it didn't SHOW he wasn't intending to kill him.

There's a difference between 'shows' and 'is evidence for'. I'd say that "shows" typically means "is CONCLUSIVE evidence for".

That Quirrel had an excuse IS evidence he was not intending to kill the Auror -- of course it's evidence for that. It's just not CONCLUSIVE evidence for that.