Romashka comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 112 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Gondolinian 25 February 2015 09:00PM

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Comment author: Romashka 26 February 2015 09:13:47PM 0 points [-]

Can somebody make a poll with two options: I have pitied Quirrell and I haven't pitied Quirrell? The dead one, y'know.

Comment author: Vaniver 26 February 2015 09:22:31PM *  2 points [-]

Here's the link to polls help. But since you asked:

Have you pitied Quirrell (the dead one)?

Submitting...

Comment author: Astazha 26 February 2015 11:09:41PM 8 points [-]

Having not been given his perspective and forced to really think about his predicament, I've given surprisingly little thought to this person's torment.

Ch. 47:

The sad fact is that most people just don't notice a moral issue at all unless someone else is pointing it out to them;

Ok, guilty as charged.

Comment author: TobyBartels 01 March 2015 08:28:27AM 0 points [-]

To be fair to you, I don't think that the fate of a fictional character actually qualifies as a moral issue.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 26 February 2015 10:55:46PM 4 points [-]

I suppose I just considered him gone. Erased. Quirrell was the new resident. It was surprising to have the unpossessed Quirrell be alive for a short time.

Comment author: Nornagest 26 February 2015 11:06:11PM 1 point [-]

Only very briefly. We didn't really get to know the guy, and one has to assume that being a wizarding adventurer is a high-risk occupation.