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

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Comment author: Bill_McGrath 20 July 2013 09:25:33AM 11 points [-]

What an ending that would be: Harry uses the Self-Indication Assumption to conclude that he is most probably a character in a Muggle story about magic, then manages to 'blackmail' the author into granting him godhood in order to stop Harry from committing suicide in a literarily unsatisfying fashion, since the author would prefer the former as an ending over the latter.

Am I the only one who thinks that would be a horrible ending?

Comment author: JayDee 20 July 2013 10:31:06AM 2 points [-]

Brings to mind the Hunger Games, personally.

Could make a fun Omake?

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 22 July 2013 03:58:05PM 1 point [-]

I've not read the books - don't tell me that Katniss figures out it's a story at the end of the last one?

Comment author: JayDee 23 July 2013 03:08:27AM 3 points [-]

I've only read the first one, where Katniss jvaf gur tnzrf ol guerngravat gb pbzzvg fhvpvqr va n yvgrenevyl hafngvfslvat jnl.

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 23 July 2013 11:01:46AM 1 point [-]

Ah yes; that's roughly what happens in the film. I see what you mean.