jaibot comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 28, chapter 99-101 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ygert 12 December 2013 12:28:01PM 2 points [-]

I got it too, and I think Eliezer was vastly under confident in his estimate of the number of people who would get it: We have a very mathy community around here.

In any case, I am glad Eliezer ended up including it. HPMOR is good enough to make me actually laugh out loud at least once every chapter, and the bit about the hydras was chapter 100's contribution.

Comment author: jaibot 12 December 2013 01:58:15PM 3 points [-]

Chapter 99?

Comment author: ygert 12 December 2013 05:17:42PM 0 points [-]

OK, fine. But that wasn't a real chapter.

Comment author: TheTerribleTrivium 12 December 2013 05:27:17PM 2 points [-]

Chapter 99 made me laugh, just because I read the author notes beforehand due to how they updated in my RSS reader and was fearing something as mental as worm 27b