thomblake comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 16 March 2012 05:19:22PM 0 points [-]

Mm. Maybe. Not very strong evidence either way. If it's meant to be a plot point, I would expect it to be telegraphed more strongly.

Comment author: thomblake 17 April 2012 06:30:14PM 2 points [-]

If it's meant to be a plot point, I would expect it to be telegraphed more strongly.

I'm not sure we're reading the same story.

Comment author: gwern 17 April 2012 06:59:51PM 0 points [-]

My comment was made before the chapter was posted with the explicit statement by Bones that the catatonia was increasing, which I accept; I stand by my characterization of previous chapters indicating any progression as extremely subtle...

Comment author: thomblake 17 April 2012 07:01:26PM 1 point [-]

My point was intended the opposite way: It seems to me that many plot-relevant details are extremely subtle.

Comment author: gwern 17 April 2012 07:05:23PM 0 points [-]

Well, then we get into other issues. For example, Quirrelmort. If that's true, then we have an extremely non-subtle massively plot-relevant point, and if it's false, then Eliezer has laid so many red herrings we can trust little or nothing not explicitly shown or stated.

Comment author: thomblake 17 April 2012 07:06:13PM 0 points [-]

I did not intend to imply that no plot-relevant points are non-subtle.