drnickbone 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: drnickbone 04 September 2013 07:08:23PM 2 points [-]

Well, your Harry has heard of "nanotechnology a la Eric Drexler" (Chapter 28), so I find it very surprising that he wouldn't also be aware of Drexler's views on cryonics. Engines of Creation was published in 1986... I would have expected Harry to have read the whole book.