Dahlen comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Bookshelves - Less Wrong

33 Post author: JesseGalef 18 March 2013 09:52PM

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Comment author: Dahlen 19 March 2013 05:09:40PM 0 points [-]

So... Why is HPMoR categorized under all four shelves? Aside from it being based on the book that came up with the idea of Houses in the first place, that is...

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 March 2013 06:16:41PM -1 points [-]

The Houses are canon.

Comment author: Dahlen 19 March 2013 06:59:48PM 1 point [-]

... I've known that for more than a decade. Reread my first comment; maybe the phrasing was unclear, although it doesn't seem unclear to me.

(I know that HPMoR attracts many non-HP-fans into reading it, but... seriously, is there really anyone out there who believes that the friggin' Hogwarts Houses made their first appearance into Yudkowsky's fanfic?!)

Comment author: TheOtherDave 19 March 2013 07:18:08PM 4 points [-]

Your phrasing is clear enough, though I did have to read it twice before I actually read "based on".