pedanterrific comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 18, chapter 87 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 22 December 2012 08:34:11PM *  6 points [-]

That says nothing about priorities. It's more important to find the person who framed Hermione than it is to solve the debt, and it's more important to solve the debt than it is which of them solves it. There's no contradiction.

Comment author: JTHM 22 December 2012 08:37:06PM 0 points [-]

There's no reason he can't work on both problems simultaneously.

Comment author: Desrtopa 23 December 2012 03:52:25AM 4 points [-]

Well, he can't work on them to-the-moment simultaneously, so investing time in solving the debt means less time invested in solving the frame up. The debt is on hold for years, whereas the trail for the frame up may be getting colder by the day.