gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 15 August 2013 03:20:17PM 0 points [-]

and is powerful evidence that she was framed.

Reminds me a little of Komponisto's argument about the Amanda Knox case: to show that she and Raffael killed Meredith, it is sufficient to show that they tried to cover up her murder by faking a breakin: http://lesswrong.com/lw/35d/inherited_improbabilities_transferring_the_burden/

Comment author: TobyBartels 22 August 2013 06:01:25PM 1 point [-]

Well, that's how Encyclopedia Brown solves all his cases.