Jack_LaSota comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 108 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack_LaSota 23 February 2015 01:37:33AM 0 points [-]

Apologies if someone else has suggested this before. I'm not going to read enough comments to find out. But why doesn't Harry just say in Parseltongue, "If you let me conquer the world, you will be more happy, and have more fun." Harry can totally deliver with his transhumanist future by uplifting normal people so they aren't "idiots" that bore Voldemort, and giving him the kind of rivals he wants to fight with. Like, worst case he has to leave a planet or whatever of shitty conditions where Voldemort personally fucks people up, because that's the only thing that will satisfy him. But it's still worth it for the improved chance to get the rest of the universe.

Comment author: hairyfigment 23 February 2015 02:02:55AM 1 point [-]

He can't say that (as written) in Parseltongue, because he knows it may be false. Dark Lord Tom may have incompatible desires due to their different upbringings or a flaw in the uploading spell.

Comment author: Velorien 23 February 2015 10:35:41AM 3 points [-]

Also, Voldemort thinks Harry is hopelessly naive, and is unlikely to take such a pronouncement seriously unless it is backed with genuinely convincing arguments.