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