JoshuaZ comments on Open thread, August 5-11, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 05 August 2013 07:46:59PM 5 points [-]

Not at all. Although to some extent I just asked, what would HJPEV do if he got a Death Note?

Comment author: DanielLC 06 August 2013 04:14:20AM *  6 points [-]

Harry wasn't even willing to use hoarcruxes. If you won't kill a dying man to make someone else immortal, then you're not going to do it just to throw science at the wall to see what sticks.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 06 August 2013 04:57:12AM 0 points [-]

True, so this isn't quite what HJPEV would do but more what would he do if he were slighlty less of an absolutist. (Actually has he ever explicitly said in text that he wouldn't do that. I suspect given his attitudes that you are correct, but I'm curious what the textual basis is.)

Comment author: DanielLC 06 August 2013 06:35:21AM *  3 points [-]

"Well obviously I'm not going to popularize a method of immortality that requires killing people! That would defeat the entire point!"

-- Chapter 39: Pretending to be Wise, Pt 1

Comment author: Benito 05 August 2013 08:24:31PM -2 points [-]

Well done. You have just levelled up.

Comment author: Benito 05 August 2013 09:58:45PM *  4 points [-]

Could someone who downvoted this please tell me why? I was praising a useful thought (WWHJPEVD?).

Comment author: Ben_LandauTaylor 05 August 2013 11:09:27PM 8 points [-]

Nonspecific praise clutters up the thread. Next time, just upvote--it conveys the same information.

Comment author: Benito 06 August 2013 07:30:21AM 7 points [-]

Thanks!

Comment author: Baughn 06 August 2013 03:49:10PM 8 points [-]

The above is a terribly ironic reply.

Comment author: ChristianKl 06 August 2013 09:16:35PM 4 points [-]

Why our kind can't cooperate seems relevant. Even nonspecfic praise can create more fuzzy feelings than an upvote.