Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 30 June 2013 02:27:32AM 12 points [-]

And he has the gall to imply that this is Harry's fault for trying to be sensible

Harry thinks this. In general it's not a good idea to assume that authors agree with everything their characters think, and Eliezer has explicitly pointed this out on several occasions.

cruel

I think this was deliberate. Have you read the piece Eliezer wrote about his brother?

Comment author: Ritalin 30 June 2013 02:38:43AM -1 points [-]

Okay, the narrative implies this. I frankly don't care what the author himself thinks.

And yes, I have. In the context where I read it, it was an uplifting piece about accepting that we live in a difficult world and making the best of it, and about the very obvious fact that death is bad. You bringing this up in this context makes me angry for some reason I don't quite understand.