benelliott comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Carinthium 18 July 2013 11:55:44AM *  3 points [-]

Since I had no idea about the stand-on-head thing, could somebody give me some sources please? I'm curious. Most importantly, are the benefits long term or short term?

Comment author: benelliott 18 July 2013 12:11:13PM *  18 points [-]

I didn't interpret the quote as implying that it would actually work, but rather as implying that (the Author thinks) Hanson's 'people don't actually care' arguments are often quite superficial.