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

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Comment author: Mestroyer 30 June 2013 04:42:00AM 0 points [-]

When I saw the 0.3% of the speed of light thing, I thought "did Eliezer Yudkowsky screw up the math?" (That's 9 hundred thousand meters per second), and thought (but did not put much confidence in) Harry might have screwed up the math because he was distracted, but it didn't occur to me that Harry's mind was dulled.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 30 June 2013 04:43:35AM *  9 points [-]

I'm pretty sure that was hyperbole.

Comment author: Decius 30 June 2013 04:45:38AM 0 points [-]

... Hyperbole, or perhaps he was trying to take a very outside view that allowed him to travel the corridors using less time.