DanArmak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 23 March 2012 02:00:23PM 7 points [-]

Harry is naive. Why not assume that many people can be this non-empathetic? It's a useful quality to have, after all.

Comment author: hairyfigment 25 March 2012 02:57:15AM 1 point [-]

Because it also requires competence? I don't actually know what a world with many super-competent villains would look like, but I'm guessing 'Not like this'.