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

6 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 17 March 2012 09:41AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (1174)

Sort By: Best

Show:

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: gwern 23 March 2012 04:22:03PM 1 point [-]

If his debt can make him withdraw charges or clear Hermione's debt, that alone should suffice.

You misunderstand, the point is there are 2 possible debt strategies; for one of them, the numbers do have to work out.

"Think of the Wizengamot as individuals instead of wallpaper".

I'd say Logos01's strategy exemplifies thinking of them as individuals, actually...