Vaniver comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 13, chapter 81 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 28 March 2012 02:41:17PM 1 point [-]

Harry may be an overachiever, but he's still 11 - he's allowed to be bad at manipulating people.

"I'm a young boy," Harry said, "and I judge myself."

He's still at the "All I have to do is out-clever everyone and I can take over the world" stage.

Hence why I have been titling this "not so clever."

Comment author: Alsadius 28 March 2012 06:41:19PM 1 point [-]

Oh, of course. He just reminds me a lot of the obnoxious little shit that I was at that age(albeit much more well-read, which is a feat), and has some of the same gaping flaws in his mental model of the world.