DanArmak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 12 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 27 March 2012 08:27:53PM *  0 points [-]

No, I'm sorry, that was unethical of me. I think you're being ludicrously overconfident and would lose any money you put up. Please don't actually make bets.

Now that just sounds like reverse psych to make him bet against you.

Comment author: pedanterrific 27 March 2012 08:30:29PM 0 points [-]

It does, doesn't it?

Comment author: Pringlescan 27 March 2012 09:17:38PM -1 points [-]

Hopefully I'm not about to learn a big lesson in humility, I would be less confident but I haven't seen or thought of any other plans that satisfy my criteria.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 27 March 2012 09:26:55PM *  3 points [-]

I haven't seen or thought of any other plans that satisfy my criteria.

You should probably not even have a 90% probability for satisfaction of your criteria (the full exoneration of Hermione in the eyes of the public). I'm probably assigning less than 50% probability on that being the actual end result given how well she was framed -- any specific path to that conclusion should therefore be even less likely.

Comment author: pedanterrific 27 March 2012 09:30:58PM *  1 point [-]

So you're 90% certain that if you are incapable of imagining something, Eliezer can't either?

Wow.

Comment author: Pringlescan 27 March 2012 09:43:56PM 0 points [-]

Not Elizer, just Harry.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 28 March 2012 12:51:03PM 0 points [-]

Still wow.