ikrase comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98 - Less Wrong

2 Post author: Vaniver 28 August 2013 07:29PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 August 2013 04:39:28AM 7 points [-]

I would guess >90% of whiz kids haven't.

Comment author: ikrase 29 August 2013 08:08:20AM -1 points [-]

Or have only briefly heard of it as something for the rich akin to Lenin's tomb.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 August 2013 10:42:33AM *  1 point [-]

I thought he'd read a fair amount of science fiction. Shouldn't he have heard of it there?

Second thought: I have a vague impression that there used to be more cryonics in science fiction from before 1975 or so. If I'm right (and I'm not at all sure that I am), would that affect what Harry would be likely to know?