Alsadius comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alsadius 14 April 2012 04:38:57AM 7 points [-]

Muggle America is also some hundreds of thousands of times more populous than wizarding Britain. That does change some things when it comes to ratios of that sort.

Comment author: Rejoyce 14 April 2012 09:47:42AM *  0 points [-]

Also, is that $25 million in 1991 dollars (year the book's taking place) or 2011?

Comment author: Alsadius 14 April 2012 02:45:19PM 2 points [-]

The reward was posted in 2001, and was unmodified for inflation until it was taken down in 2011.

Comment author: gwern 15 April 2012 01:57:49AM 0 points [-]

My median income figure was from ~2009; combined with the bounty not being inflation-adjusted, this implies this nominal ratio is an underestimate of the real ratio.