PlacidPlatypus comments on r/HPMOR on heroic responsibility - Less Wrong

9 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 August 2012 11:08AM

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Comment author: PlacidPlatypus 25 August 2012 05:10:15AM 2 points [-]

Something tells me that the note would be more likely to say something like "DO NOT MESS WITH TIME".

Comment author: Decius 25 August 2012 09:34:41PM 0 points [-]

Really? Is that what happened just before he got the time-turner?

As I recall, he was trying to demonstrate a way to solve any problem in C time, where C is the time required to falsify a proposed solution. That's different than realizing that you have a higher chance of destroying Azkaban in an hour if you help yourself eight times.