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Rukifellth comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Rukifellth 18 February 2015 01:29:58PM 1 point [-]

What if Quirrell is so good at dissociation that he can lie through parseltongue by convincing himself that what he's saying is true?

Comment author: Alsadius 18 February 2015 11:14:03PM 1 point [-]

Canon!Voldemort, maybe. MoR!Voldemort, not a chance.

Comment author: TobyBartels 19 February 2015 08:08:59AM 1 point [-]

But rationalists should win, so MoR!Voldie should self-modify to be less Spock-rational and more capable of deceiving himself.

Comment author: Alsadius 20 February 2015 11:00:57PM 0 points [-]

Only if the ability to lie to Harry Potter is more valuable than having a clearly-functioning mind that accurately represents the real world.

Comment author: TobyBartels 23 February 2015 06:16:05AM * 0 points [-]

Well, I'm not denying that it's a Dark Art. He'd have to apply this very selectively. I couldn't pull it off. Eliezer probably couldn't pull it off. But this is Quirinus Quirrell we're talking about!

Edit after Ch 109: That's actually pretty similar.