Gvaerg comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, July 2014, chapter 102 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 29 July 2014 01:00:43AM 11 points [-]

If there is evidence for X in MOR and/or canon then it’s fine to post about X without rot13, even if you also have heard privately from Eliezer that X is true. But you should not post that “Eliezer said X is true” unless you use rot13.

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Comment author: Gvaerg 01 August 2014 01:58:48PM *  0 points [-]

I'm wondering what Salazar would make of Bane's Rule of Two

Comment author: Velorien 01 August 2014 02:07:30PM 0 points [-]

Kindly refrain from using rot13 for comments that do not fit the rule given in Will's comment above. The rule is there for a reason, and you are reducing its reliability as a tool for avoiding spoilers.

Comment author: Gvaerg 01 August 2014 02:17:02PM 0 points [-]

Okay, fixed. IMHO it would make more sense to rot13 hereditarily.

Comment author: Velorien 01 August 2014 02:24:02PM 1 point [-]

Sometimes, certainly. I'm not sure it would work well as a general policy. People may rot13 things incorrectly, or may rot13 a post only some of which constitutes a spoiler. If that gets passed along to all further comments, it'll cut everyone who avoids spoilers out of the discussion. Your comment, for example, is interesting, and led me to look up Bane's Rule of Two, but I would not have done so if I hadn't suspected that yours was an incorrect rot13 to begin with.

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