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

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Comment author: Blueberry 28 March 2012 07:23:32PM *  0 points [-]

They're not, mentally.

But yeah, they may not be able to get legally married. Surprising that they can get legally enslaved, though.

Comment author: Nominull 28 March 2012 11:54:20PM 3 points [-]

Feudal vassalage is a few steps up from slavery, I think.

Comment author: Blueberry 29 March 2012 12:08:43AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but there's no verb that means to put someone into it...

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 March 2012 02:16:35AM 6 points [-]

Vassalize.

Comment author: Percent_Carbon 29 March 2012 06:19:30AM 2 points [-]

They are, mentally.

The mind is the body, and this is a rationalist fic.

Precocious children have a history of demonstrating they are not socio-emotionally prepared for some adult situations they are capable of confronting on an intellectual level. However smart or clever we are, we are still wet machines and we still grow in particular rhythms at particular times.